What is recorded here
Situated on top of a high rocky ledge with a steep drop to the NW with level ground elsewhere. Rectangular three storey high fortified house (ext. dims. 8.7m N-S; 11.8m E-W; wall T 1.5m) with rectangular gable ended chimney stacks and base batter. Attached to SE corner is a later 19th-century bawn wall with original…
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From the National Monuments Service (Archaeological Survey of Ireland) record OF007-037
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- National Inventory of Architectural Heritage
- Maker not stated on source page, ru.wikipedia.org
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- Willow, Wikimedia Commons · CC BY 2.5
- Maker not stated on source page, tr.pinterest.com
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- Maker not stated on source page, www.geograph.ie
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