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Located at the bottom of the SE-facing slope of Tara Hill. It is described as a 'Tumulus' but not depicted on the 1940 ed. of the OS 6-inch map. This is a stone-lined passage (L 1.9m) roofed with three lintels with an entrance (Wth of base 0.6m; Wth of top 0.75m; H 0.65m) facing ESE. It is within an overgrown earthen…

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Located at the bottom of the SE-facing slope of Tara Hill. It is described as a 'Tumulus' but not depicted on the 1940 ed. of the OS 6-inch map. This is a stone-lined passage (L 1.9m) roofed with three lintels with an entrance (Wth of base 0.6m; Wth of top 0.75m; H 0.65m) facing ESE. It is within an overgrown earthen mound (dims c. 2.4m N-S; c. 2.1m E-W; H c. 1.9m) which is stone-faced, except at S and it backs onto a drystone wall that curves around the N side of the mound, but this side is inaccessible. The holy well (WX007-030---) is c. 16m to the N and the remains of a nineteenth century house is c. 5m to the NE. See the attached view of the entrance Compiled by: Michael Moore Date of upload/revision: 15 March 2012 Amended: 24/06/2019

From the National Monuments Service (Archaeological Survey of Ireland) record WX007-031

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  • Ian Brooker and David Kleinig, Wikimedia Commons · CC BY 3.0 au
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