Wedge tomb in Leitry Upper, County Cork

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What is recorded here

In moorland on S lower slopes of Nowen Hill. Low wall (L 2.7m) formed by double row of contiguous or overlapping stones; aligned NE-SW; decreasing in height from NE->SW. Stone set at right angles to N side of wall at NE end; second stone to S side of wall at SW end.

From the National Monuments Service (Archaeological Survey of Ireland) record CO106-061

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Maker not stated on source page, www.alamy.com
Picture: Heritage Ireland / Office of Public Works
Ernest Riordan, Geograph · CC BY-SA 2.0
Graham Horn, Geograph · CC BY-SA 2.0
Mike Searle, Wikimedia Commons · CC BY-SA 2.0
Jane Carver, Wikimedia Commons · CC BY-SA 2.0
Maker not stated on source page, commons.wikimedia.org
John M, Geograph · CC BY-SA 2.0
National Inventory of Architectural Heritage
Echo Live; individual photographer not stated on accessible page (article by John Bohane), www.echolive.ie
Adriaen van Diest, Wikimedia Commons · Public domain

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