What is recorded here
Not marked on the OS 6-inch map, and built into a cleft between two large boulders on the E-facing slope of Kilronan Mountain, with a deserted house c. 50m to the SE. D-shaped stone-built chamber (int. dims. 1.3m x 1.35m; H 1.7m) with slightly inclined walls and a lintelled roof. The entrance (Wth 0.55-0.75m; H 0.85m) is at SSE.
From the National Monuments Service (Archaeological Survey of Ireland) record RO002-037
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- What survives
- Recorded monument
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Photo credits
- 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
- Unknown Weaver, English (active c. 1080), Wikimedia Commons · Public domain
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Arigna Mining ExperienceMuseum · 1411 ydKilronan MountainMountain / peak · 1.1 mi
presbytery/parochial/curate's house1.2 mi
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Western Hemlock2.4 mi
Scardan WaterfallWaterfall · 4.3 mi
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