What is recorded here
Within a large, flat field of pasture, near the western foot of Cope’s Mountain. This possible monument was identified in 2021 during a geophysical survey carried out as part of archaeological investigations on the N16 Lugatober (Drumkilsellagh to Lugnagall) Road Project, Co. Sligo (Dowling 2021). It lies outside the…
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From the National Monuments Service (Archaeological Survey of Ireland) record SL009-072
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- National Inventory of Architectural Heritage
- Michael Murtagh, Geograph · CC BY-SA 2.0
- Oliver Dixon, Geograph · CC BY-SA 2.0
- Dieglop, Wikimedia Commons · CC BY-SA 4.0
- Malene Thyssen, Wikimedia Commons · CC BY-SA 3.0
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