What is recorded here
A 'castle' is marked in this general area on the Down Survey (1655-6) and, although not recorded on the 1st ed. (1838) of the OS 6-inch map, it is named 'Castle' on the latest ed. (1939) . It is recorded that, '(Lyons) Formerly contained a hamlet of the same name, which in 1612 was burned by Government troops … Its…
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From the National Monuments Service (Archaeological Survey of Ireland) record KD015-005
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- National Inventory of Architectural Heritage
- Irishshagua, Wikimedia Commons · CC BY-SA 4.0
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- Maker not stated on source page, en.wikipedia.org
- Maker not stated on source page, commons.wikimedia.org
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