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This monument was excavated (Licence no. 04E1066) in advance of development. (Giacometti 2005). It consisted of a circular ditch (20m diam.) with a 3m wide entrance to the south-east. A single large pit filled with charcoal and burnt bone was found in the centre of the ring-ditch. Truncated by modern agricultural…
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From the National Monuments Service (Archaeological Survey of Ireland) record DU012-093
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- Darcydwyer, Wikimedia Commons · CC BY-SA 4.0
- National Inventory of Architectural Heritage
- Tony in dublin, Wikimedia Commons · CC BY-SA 3.0
- BaronNethercross, Wikimedia Commons · CC BY-SA 4.0
- Maker not stated on source page, commons.wikimedia.org
- Maker not stated on source page, curiousireland.ie
- William Murphy from Dublin, Ireland, Wikimedia Commons · CC BY-SA 2.0
- Maker not stated on source page, fi.pinterest.com
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