Armorial plaque in Reeves, County Kildare

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What is recorded here

Affixed to the wall above the back door of a disused, late-18th/19th century farmhouse abutting Reeves castle (KD015-002001-). A small plaque (est. dims. Wth c. 0.4m; H c. 0.5m) carries a horizontally elongated lozenge motif with small central boss, which is flanked above by two more bosses, above which are a further two, slightly smaller bosses, each of which appears to carry an animal motif (? a hound), obscured by dense green-mould.

From the National Monuments Service (Archaeological Survey of Ireland) record KD015-002003

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