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Earthwork in Cool

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In marshy pasture 170m N of Ballynamona River that marks the townland boundary with Ballinlough. Cool House 450m to NE. Not depicted on 1840 ed. OSi 6-inch map. Earthwork depicted as a raised roughly rectangular-shaped platform (dims. c. NW-SE 26m; NE-SW 24m) defined by a scarp on the 1897 ed. OSi 25-inch map. No surface remains visible on Google Earth orthoimage dated 18/11/2018. Could be the remains of a mound of uncertain date or an estate feature associated with Cool House. See attached Google Earth orthoimages Compiled by: Martin Fitzpatrick Date of upload: 3 April 2021

From the National Monuments Service (Archaeological Survey of Ireland) record LI033-013

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  • National Inventory of Architectural Heritage
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  • Antony Dixon, Wikimedia Commons · CC BY-SA 2.0
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