Penitential station in Kiltybranks, County Roscommon

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What is recorded here

At the centre of rath (RO014-023001-), immediately E of the the entrance to Man-made underground passage (RO014-023002-) which is partly filled with stones from the cairn. This is a grass-covered circular cairn (diam. 12m E-W; 10.75m N-S; max. H 1.3m) with a trig. station on its summit.

From the National Monuments Service (Archaeological Survey of Ireland) record RO014-023003

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Golfing in Ireland; photographer not stated, Source publisher
GAA.ie; photographer not named, www.gaa.ie
National Inventory of Architectural Heritage
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Éire Óg GAA Club, credited by Roscommon Herald; individual photographer not stated, www.roscommonherald.ie
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