Ashgrove, castle in County Cavan

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What is recorded here

The current house at Ashgrove is an 18th-century structure. However, Davies (1948a, 113) recorded that this house stands on massive foundations and vaults, which he believed, belonged to an earlier 17th-century castle. In addition, he identified portion of what may have been the former bawn wall at S (T c. 0.6m), 'built with a row of arched recesses flanked by engaged masonry-columns', W of the house.

From the National Monuments Service (Archaeological Survey of Ireland) record CV015-006001

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