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    coffins. It is believed that they were built there the time of the famine, that they died in big numbers, that they could not bury them in coffins. When they found them they were lying on a big slab of stone and they had another stone under their chins. Their heads were raised a little by the slabs, and each head was facing East.
    Transcribed by a member of our volunteer transcription project.
    History Edit
    Topics
    1. time
      1. historical periods by name (~25)
    2. place-space-environment
      1. local lore, place-lore (~10,595)
    Language
    English
    Location
    Ashtown, Co. Dublin