House in Ballyboy, County Longford

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What is recorded here

Centrally located within the interior of a rath (LF011-041001-). This rectangular house site (10.2m NW-SE; 9.3m NE-SW) is enclosed by a low but well-defined bank of earth and stone (Wth 1.9m; H 0.25m). There is an entrance gap (Wth 1.55m) at SE.

From the National Monuments Service (Archaeological Survey of Ireland) record LF011-041002

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Clarke Steel Fabrication project photograph; individual photographer not stated, www.clarkesteel.ie
National Inventory of Architectural Heritage
Gillaween, Wikimedia Commons · CC BY-SA 4.0
Jonathan Billinger, Wikimedia Commons · CC BY-SA 2.0
Maker not stated on source page, www.tripadvisor.ie
Maker not stated on source page, www.neverstoptraveling.com
Maker not stated on source page, ar.pinterest.com

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