What is recorded here
Late 18th / early 19th century icehouse standing in grassland which formerly stood in a woodland area on the demesne lands of Killua Castle. Medieval church ruins (WM009-043----) and graveyard (WM009-043001-) located 160m to NE. Ornamental lake located 80m to N. Structure described by the National Inventory of…
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From the National Monuments Service (Archaeological Survey of Ireland) record WM009-061
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- National Inventory of Architectural Heritage
- Maker not stated on source page, castlesandfamilies.com
- Eric Jones, Geograph · CC BY-SA 2.0
- Maker not stated on source page, www.flickr.com
- Maker not stated on source page, theirishaesthete.com
- Maker not stated on source page, www.dreamstime.com
- Maker not stated on source page, www.irishcentral.com
- surrealpenguin, Wikimedia Commons · CC BY-SA 2.0
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