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Fortification in Concra

Fortification

What is recorded here

Situated at the crest of the NE-facing slope of a hill in the demesne of Castleblayney. This has never been recorded on any map. It is described (Delaney 1998, 5) as ‘an embanked area defined by a ditch (int. H 2m) on the NE side with a stone facing on the uphill side, creating a level area inside. It is suggested that it might have had a military function in the seventeenth century, but it is just as likely to be a folly on the Castleblayney estate like so many other features in the demesne. It is no longer extant on a golf course (OSAP).

From the National Monuments Service (Archaeological Survey of Ireland) record MO025-048

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  • Golfing in Ireland; photographer not stated, Source publisher
  • National Inventory of Architectural Heritage
  • Shane Killen, Wikimedia Commons · CC BY-SA 2.0
  • Eric Jones, Geograph · CC BY-SA 2.0
  • Philip Fitzpatrick / Sportsfile, www.sportsfile.com
  • Dean Molyneaux, Wikimedia Commons · CC BY-SA 2.0
  • unknown author, Wikimedia Commons · Public domain
  • Kenneth Allen, Wikimedia Commons · CC BY-SA 2.0
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