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The Altar — Glenalla

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The Altar — Glenalla
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This feature has been listed as a 'dolmen' (Borlase 1897). According to the OS Memoir (1834), it was an altar used as a place of worship by the local population. There is now no trace of it. OS Memoirs, Tullyaughnish parish (1834), 37; Kinahan 1889, 282; Borlase 1897, 233, Kilmacrenan no. 21; RMP 1995, 37:24. The above description was published in the 'Survey of the Megalithic Tombs of Ireland. Volume VI, County Donegal.' Compiled by: Eamon Cody (Dublin: Stationery Office, 2002). Date of upload: 22 September 2008

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