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Shasgar
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54.4101, -8.16269latitude, longitude
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Historical references
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"Pinkman: Seas-Geárr = Short, or middle-sized, bank or seat. "
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"Arch. Inventory: Court tomb. ‘Giant’s Grave.’ On a shelf of rock at the N edge of a plateau with a cliff falling away immediately to E (10). Standing stone (site, possible). On a local high point of broad, bog-covered plateau (22). "
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| 1835? |
Shasga[?]
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TAB Leathanach: 1 (59:16/1ii)
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| 1835? |
Shasgar
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TAB Leathanach: 96, 104 (59:16/1ii)
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| 1836 |
Shasgare
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Sheasamh garr
'short standing'
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| 1836 |
Shasgare
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| 1836 |
Seas gear, Eas gár
"There is a waterfall in this T.L."
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| 1836 |
Seas Gearr
'short bench'
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Shasgar
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