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Marked only on the 1914 ed. of the OS 6-inch map and situated towards the bottom of the E-facing slope of Kilronan Mountain where it is situated in an abandoned quarry, with deserted farmsteads c. 40m to the N and c. 120m to the S. Circular overgrown stone-built chamber (int. diam. 1.6m; H 0.7-1m) with a collapsed roof which is built into an oval mound (dims. c. 1.5m NW-SE; c. 6m NE-SW; H 0.8-1.8m). The destroyed entrance is at S.
Marked only on the 1914 ed. of the OS 6-inch map and situated towards the bottom of the E-facing slope of Kilronan Mountain where it is situated in an abandoned quarry, with deserted farmsteads c. 40m to the N and c. 120m to the S. Circular overgrown stone-built chamber (int. diam. 1.6m; H 0.7-1m) with a collapsed roof which is built into an oval mound (dims. c. 1.5m NW-SE; c. 6m NE-SW; H 0.8-1.8m). The destroyed…
From the National Monuments Service (Archaeological Survey of Ireland) record RO002-023
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- RTG, Wikimedia Commons · CC BY-SA 4.0
- National Inventory of Architectural Heritage
- Silversyrpher (very busy at the moment) from Scotland, UK, Wikimedia Commons · CC BY 2.0
- Doug Kerr from Albany, NY, United States, Wikimedia Commons · CC BY-SA 2.0
- Oliver Dixon, Geograph · CC BY-SA 2.0
- Andreas F. Borchert, Wikimedia Commons · CC BY-SA 4.0
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