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Castle in Clonenagh

Castle, motte

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Located i9n field immediately S of Clonenagh church (LA017-003001-) and graveyard (LA017-003002-). A circular platform (diam c. 23m, H c. 2.5m) with evidence of a surrounding fosse. No other visible surface remains.

From the National Monuments Service (Archaeological Survey of Ireland) record LA017-003009

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  • LoriStrang, Wikimedia Commons · CC BY-SA 4.0
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  • Christian Pirkl, Wikimedia Commons · CC BY-SA 3.0 at
  • Andreas F. Borchert, Wikimedia Commons · CC BY-SA 4.0
  • Maker not stated on source page, commons.wikimedia.org
  • Laois Today; individual photographer not stated, www.laoistoday.ie
  • National Inventory of Architectural Heritage
  • Golfing in Ireland; photographer not stated, Source publisher
  • Miguel Angel Masegosa Martínez, Wikimedia Commons · CC BY 2.0
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