What is recorded here
On an elevated area of blanket bog, in the Slievefelim Mountains. Annotated 'Poulastanna' on the 1840 ed. OS 6-inch map which O'Donovan interpreted as the 'hole or pit of the stan or barrell, known locally as 'The Cask Hole' (OSNB Doon Parish, 604). Described in 1840 as following; 'This hole, which is thought to be a…
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From the National Monuments Service (Archaeological Survey of Ireland) record LI007-009
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- Maker not stated on source page, evoke.ie
- Antony Dixon, Wikimedia Commons · CC BY-SA 2.0
- Maker not stated on source page, www.alamy.com
- CathyDelaney, Wikimedia Commons · CC BY-SA 4.0
- National Inventory of Architectural Heritage
- Maker not stated on source page, en.wikipedia.org
- Maker not stated on source page, www.pinterest.com
- Maker not stated on source page, archaeology.org
- Maker not stated on source page, focusedcollection.com
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