What is recorded here
Marked on the OS 3rd edition as Ballyboyle Abbey (site). No trace of any structure remains. The site of the Abbey is probably occupied by a modern house and garden. Human bones were exposed in road building operations some time ago immediately to the SW of the site. It is located in a low-lying area in a drumlin belt…
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From the National Monuments Service (Archaeological Survey of Ireland) record DG099-009
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Photo credits
- David Dixon, Geograph · CC BY-SA 2.0
- Ronnie Nijboer, Wikimedia Commons · CC0
- National Inventory of Architectural Heritage
- louise price, Wikimedia Commons · CC BY-SA 2.0
- Maker not stated on source page, au.pinterest.com
- Maker not stated on source page, www.airbnb.co.in
- Eric Jones, Geograph · CC BY-SA 2.0
- Kmcnamee, Wikimedia Commons · CC BY-SA 4.0
- Benson Wills, Wikimedia Commons · CC BY-SA 2.0
- Kenneth Allen, Geograph · CC BY-SA 2.0
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