What is recorded here

Killorglin and Ballyarkane have both claimed the trough, but Ballyarkane is the oldest owner. The Foley household carried it from that older ground into Anglont House, where it became a feature of their home rather than a forgotten ruin. A cistern is not a display piece; it exists to catch, hold and give back water. The change of address does not erase the purpose learned at Ballyarkane.

According to local information, this stone trough was moved to Anglont House, Killorglin (home of the Foley family for several generations) in the 19th century. The stone trough was also assigned an SMR number at this temporary location (KE057-055002-). The Foley family subsequently moved to another house in the south of Anglont townland, across from the Liebig factory, in the 1990s. The trough (H 0.35m; 1.27m x 0.95m), which is of conglomerate gravel, was at that location when inspected in 2000. Subsequently, according to local information, it was again moved to a garden in Summerhill, in Killorglin but its precise location is not known (pers. comm. A. McQueen, March 2005). The SMR record KE057-055002-, which was assigned to the trough's temporary location in Anglont House, Killorglin, has now been linked to its original record KE046-003001- at Ballyarkane Oughter/Beheenagh (Co. By).

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