Rock art in Knocksquire Or Knockscur, County Carlow

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What is recorded here

The following description is derived from the published 'Archaeological Inventory of County Carlow' (Dublin: Stationery Office, 1993). 0.41m x 0.30m x T 0.23m) decorated on one face with incised concentric circles. (Pers. comm. William Ellis). Now in NMI.

From the National Monuments Service (Archaeological Survey of Ireland) record CW019-103002

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