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Raheens

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This remains an important historical record, but the official description says the monument is no longer visible or has been destroyed. The monument record does not grant public access. Check the route and ask the landowner before entering private land.

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What is recorded here

The placename 'Raheens' (“little rath(s) or fort(s)” - Joyce 1996, 77) is marked on the 1st ed. (1839) of the OS 6-inch map towards the N end of Kilgowan townland. The land in this general area has been levelled and improved and no visible trace of any monuments survive.

From the National Monuments Service (Archaeological Survey of Ireland) record KD032-010

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  • Maker not stated on source page, www.pinterest.ru
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  • Willow, Wikimedia Commons · CC BY 2.5
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