What is recorded here
From the National Monuments Service (Archaeological Survey of Ireland) record GA084-141
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Photo credits
- Andreas F. Borchert, Wikimedia Commons · CC BY-SA 4.0
- Graham Horn, Geograph · CC BY-SA 2.0
- Ingo Mehling, Wikimedia Commons · CC BY-SA 3.0
- Stephan van Helden, Wikimedia Commons · CC BY-SA 4.0
- Evan Logan / INPHO, via HoganStand, Source publisher
- Maker not stated on source page, www.visitgalway.ie
- Kmcnamee, Wikimedia Commons · CC BY-SA 4.0
- Maker not stated on source page, www.pinterest.com
- Maker not stated on source page, www.dreamstime.com
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