What is recorded here
From the National Monuments Service (Archaeological Survey of Ireland) record CO143-068
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Photo credits
- National Inventory of Architectural Heritage
- Maker not stated on source page, en.wikipedia.org
- Owen O'Sullivan, Geograph · CC BY-SA 2.0
- Eddie O’Hare / EchoLive, EchoLive
- Maker not stated on source page, global-geography.org
- Maker not stated on source page, br.pinterest.com
- Kmcnamee, Wikimedia Commons · CC BY-SA 4.0
- Maker not stated on source page, 2pos.irish
- Andreas F. Borchert, Wikimedia Commons · CC BY-SA 4.0
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