Bawn in Kilquire Lower, County Mayo

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What is recorded here

In undulating pastureland. An Archaeological Survey of Ballinrobe and District records a bawn wall (H 0.8m) enclosing sub-rectangular area (48.6 N-S; 43.1m E-W) (Lavelle 1994, 102, no. 696). In the SW quadrant of the bawn are the remains of an unclassified castle (MA118-082----).

From the National Monuments Service (Archaeological Survey of Ireland) record MA118-082001

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