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FourWinds Jan 13, 2004 06:43:27
Replying to wideford

Irish sites are all known by the townand they are situated in: hence this site should be known as Rosdoagh. It is very important that the correct names be used so that when people search for a site they find it. Luckily we have the Alternative Name feature now and so other names that a site is known by can be added.

For Irish sites it would be my preference (for what that's worth) - and proper - if the townland were used as the main site name and alternatives added as just that: alternatives. If a site is *still* known as <i>The Druid's Circle</i>, for instance, then this can be used and the townland added as an alternative.

Thanks for adding a link to megalithomania, by the way. In this case it's necessary, because the toolbar plug-in wouldn't work - due to TMA having the wrong name.

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wideford Jan 13, 2004 10:14:58
Replying to FourWinds

In looking up Irish site info , the few I have , the references seldom make it clear which is the nearest township . Which is as you said why alternate names are listed , so that more informed parties can come up with a final resolution . Thanks .
After posting I looked up Rosdaugh in the "Guide to the National and Historic Monuments of Ireland by " ( ISBN 0-7171-1956-4 ) and in the new 1992 edition Peter Harbison seemingly hedges his bets by saying "one part of the stone circle may have been adapted for other uses later" .