Bawn in Dysart, County Laois

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What is recorded here

Marked on the 1841 edition of the OS 6-inch map; a rectangular enclosure (max. dims. c. 50m N-S, 30m E-W) cut by an internal wall at ENE and WNW. No visible surface remains. 'Pigott's Castle' (LA013-061001-) lies on the line of the site at WNW.

From the National Monuments Service (Archaeological Survey of Ireland) record LA013-061002

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