What is recorded here
The following description of this monument is taken from 'The Urban Archaeological Survey of County Limerick' compiled by John Bradley, Andrew Halpin and Heather A. King (Office of Public Works, 1985). "Blossom's Gate This consists of a three-floored tower with a round arch (partly modernised) spanning the road on the…
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From the National Monuments Service (Archaeological Survey of Ireland) record LI047-022007
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Photo credits
- National Inventory of Architectural Heritage
- Munster GAA Post Primary Schools; individual photographer not named, munster.gaa.ie
- Visualising Heritage, Geograph · CC BY-SA 2.0
- The Speckled Bird, Wikimedia Commons · CC BY-SA 4.0
- Maker not stated on source page, www.goirishtours.com
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