The Record of Monuments and Places (RMP; ga, Taifead ar Shéadchomharthaí agus Áiteanna) is a list of historical and archaeological sites the

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established under the National Monuments Acts. It can be consulted in county libraries and local authority offices and online and is maintained by the

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's National Monuments Service. Each site receives a symbol of the format XX00-001---, where XX are two letters to indicate the

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. Subsites of a site are in the format XX00-00101-. For example, the Aghade Holed Stone (located in County Carlow) has the RMP code ''CW013-032---''. It is also National Monument number 347; the two numbering schemes are not connected. While many sites recorded on the RMP are protected under the National Monuments Acts, not all entries are automatically afforded heritage protection.

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External links

RMP maps and manuals by county
Monuments and memorials in the Republic of Ireland Heritage registers in the Republic of Ireland

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