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Prominent landmark on ridge summit to SW of Cill Éinne. Part of St Enda's E. Chr. monastery. Locally known as Teampall Bheanáin, this Nat. Mon. is a small well-preserved E. Chr. oratory (NNW-SSE; L 3.22m, Wth 2.13m) with steeply pitched gables. There is a narrow trabeate doorway in N gable and a round-headed window in…
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From the National Monuments Service (Archaeological Survey of Ireland) record GA119-009001
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- Guilhem Boyer, Wikimedia Commons · CC BY-SA 3.0
- Ronan Mac Giollapharaic, Wikimedia Commons · CC BY-SA 4.0
- National Inventory of Architectural Heritage
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