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At a road junction known locally today as ‘Guerin’s Cross’, in the townland of Ballyphilip, 100m S of Ballyphilip House. Annotated 'Crossalaghta' on the 1840 ed. OS 6-inch map and depicted as a semicircular-shaped area (27m NE-SW; 17m NW-SE) on the NW side of the road. Today, this crossroads is formed by a T-junction and the entrance to Ballyphilip House stands 100m to N. In 1840 the Ordnance Survey recorded the following details; 'Cros a' Leachta, the cross-roads of the sepulchral monument. It takes its name from some large stones there, called in Irish as "Leacht", signifying "a sepulchral monument" (OSNB Aglishcormick Parish, 82). Area of monument on NW side of crossroads is visible as a semicircular-shaped tree-planted area on Digital Globe orthophotos taken 2011-13 and on Google Earth orthoimages taken 28/06/2018.
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Compiled by: Alison McQueen and Vera Rahilly
Date of upload: 21 July 2020
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