What is recorded here
In low‐lying and poorly drained, rough pasture, with an existing Iarnrod Eireann line to E and house plots to the W, c. 1.5km to SE of the River Shannon. Not depicted on OS historic mapping. Identified by Tracy Collins in 2006 during test trenching (Ministerial Direction Order A026/181, NRA Reg. E2334) prior to the…
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From the National Monuments Service (Archaeological Survey of Ireland) record LI006-106
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- National Inventory of Architectural Heritage
- Maker not stated on source page, evoke.ie
- Shanecoffey2, Wikimedia Commons · CC0
- Mike Searle, Geograph · CC BY-SA 2.0
- Maker not stated on source page, ca.pinterest.com
- David Hawgood, Geograph · CC BY-SA 2.0
- Maker not stated on source page, www.buildingsofireland.ie
- Ahane GAA Club; individual photographer not stated, www.ahanegaa.ie
- Garry Dickinson, Wikimedia Commons · CC BY-SA 2.0
- Maker not stated on source page, www.alamy.com
- Maker not stated on source page, readymap.irish
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