What is recorded here
From the National Monuments Service (Archaeological Survey of Ireland) record GA095-081
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- National Inventory of Architectural Heritage
- Maker not stated on source page, www.flickr.com
- Kmcnamee, Wikimedia Commons · CC BY-SA 4.0
- Maker not stated on source page, ca.pinterest.com
- Maker not stated on source page, monumentalireland.ie
- Maker not stated on source page, www.pinterest.com
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