What is recorded here
Today a modern bungalow stands inside the area of the bawn of the levelled O’Carroll castle (OF035-021----), which stood on the eastern bank of the Little Brosna River, controlling the fording point and access into Ely O’Carroll (Éile). There are no surface remains visible of this castle. The walls of the castle…
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From the National Monuments Service (Archaeological Survey of Ireland) record OF035-021001
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- National Inventory of Architectural Heritage
- AnRo0002, Wikimedia Commons · CC0
- Maker not stated on source page, in.pinterest.com
- Maker not stated on source page, www.flickr.com
- Maker not stated on source page, heritageireland.ie
- Working Men's Educational Union, Wikimedia Commons · Public domain
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