Image: Monument commemorating the Smerwick Harbour massacre - geograph.org.uk - 459585
Description: Monument commemorating the Smerwick Harbour massacre Monument at the Field of the Heads (Gort na gCrann) near Dun an Oir commemorating the massacre of around 600 Irish, Spanish and Italian men and women by English troops commanded by Lord Grey of Wilton in 1580. It is said that the victims were decapitated and their heads buried here. The monument dates from 1980; the seaward side bears a cross and a Gaelic inscription 'igcuimhne dhun an oir samhain 1580'
Title: Monument commemorating the Smerwick Harbour massacre - geograph.org.uk - 459585
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