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Tumulus in Lissadill

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What is recorded here

On flat rough pasture with excellent views. Recorded in 1991 as a large oval earthen mound (dims. 9.7m x 4.2m; H 4m), conical in section, rising in terraces above a platform (SMR file).

From the National Monuments Service (Archaeological Survey of Ireland) record SL008-003

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Photo credits
  • National Inventory of Architectural Heritage
  • Kenneth Allen, Geograph · CC BY-SA 2.0
  • DS Pugh, Wikimedia Commons
  • Oliver Dixon, Geograph · CC BY-SA 2.0
  • Golfing in Ireland; photographer not stated, Source publisher
  • Archaeomoonwalker, Wikimedia Commons · CC BY 3.0
  • Colin Park, Geograph · Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 2.0
  • Stephen Armstrong, Wikimedia Commons · CC BY-SA 2.0
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