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Camlagh House

House, 18th/19th century

What is recorded here

On a N-facing slope at the S edge of a bog. This is thought locally to have been built by the Newcommen family who moved here from Newcommen Castle (RO051-071----) c. 1700. The SW angle of a two-storey house (L 8.8m at S; 4.6m at W) with a brick fireplace and brick internal arches. Probably 18th-century in date. (Craig 1982, 177) Compiled by: Michael Moore Date of upload: 24 August 2010

From the National Monuments Service (Archaeological Survey of Ireland) record RO050-012

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Photo credits
  • Mike Searle, Geograph · CC BY-SA 2.0
  • National Inventory of Architectural Heritage
  • Mike Searle, Wikimedia Commons · CC BY-SA 2.0
  • Brian Lawless / Sportsfile, as credited in the Ulster GAA caption, ulster.gaa.ie
  • Kmcnamee, Wikimedia Commons · CC BY-SA 4.0
  • Mountbellew Golf Club; photographer not stated, Mountbellew Golf Club
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