What is recorded here
From the Northern Ireland Sites and Monuments Record record DOW032:009
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Photo credits
- Maker not stated on source page, en.wikipedia.org
- Oliver Dixon, Geograph · CC BY-SA 2.0
- Oliver Dixon, Wikimedia Commons · CC BY-SA 2.0
- Maker not stated on source page, www.gettyimages.com
- Eric Jones, Geograph · CC BY-SA 2.0
- Eric Jones, commons.wikimedia.org
- Rossographer, Geograph · CC BY-SA 2.0
- Eric Jones, Wikimedia Commons · CC BY-SA 2.0
- Kenneth Allen, Wikimedia Commons
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