What is recorded here
On a slight hummock in level pastureland; it formerly stood on the shore of W arm of a shallow lake called Lough Rusheens (now drained). In existence in 1574 when it was in the possession of 'Vllig McRichard' (Nolan 1901b, 118). The ruins comprise the tumbled walls of a rectangular tower (L 8.4m, Wth c. 4.8m) of at…
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From the National Monuments Service (Archaeological Survey of Ireland) record GA043-070
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- National Inventory of Architectural Heritage
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- David Cunniffe / Tuam Herald, Source publisher
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