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Building misc in Palmerstown Lower

Building misc
Building misc in Palmerstown Lower
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What is recorded here

Detached circular plan former flax rettory, c. 1750, of limestone construction with external buttresses. Now very overgrown.
An unusual, possibly unique, structure, evidence of former milling and associated practices.

From the Buildings of Ireland (National Inventory of Architectural Heritage) record 11203033

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  • National Inventory of Architectural Heritage
  • Kmcnamee, Wikimedia Commons · CC BY-SA 4.0
  • JP, Geograph · CC BY-SA 2.0
  • Laurel Lodged, Wikimedia Commons · CC BY-SA 4.0
  • Pier Paolo Lisarelli, Wikimedia Commons · CC BY-SA 4.0
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