What is recorded here
Not marked on the 1841 or 1908 editions of the OS 6-inch maps. Situated in a mill, in marshy low-lying ground, beside a stream. Masonry from Kilvahan Church (LA018-017001-) was used in the construction of a nearby tuck milll (O'Hanlon and O'Leary 1907, 189). Six cut and roughly dressed stones with rough pocking and a number of large undressed stones, are visible in S wall of mill; alos a cut stone in the NW corner.
The above description is derived from the published 'Archaeological Inventory of County Laois' (Dublin Stationery Office, 1995) compiled by P. David Sweetman, Olive Alcock and Bernie Moran. In certain instances the entries have been revised and updated in the light of recent research.
Date of upload: 17 December 2007
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- What survives
- Recorded monument
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