
What is recorded here
Large two storey five bay gable ended multiperiod structure dating from the late 17th and early 18th-centuries that was built onto the front of a Tower house (OF011-006----) with flat headed architraved door with tall gable ended chimney stacks. Over the front doorway of this house there is a limestone carved head (OF011-057001-) with a chain depicted hanging from the head. May have originally come from tower house or from nearby Ballymacwiliam Church (OF011-005----).
The above description is derived from the published 'Archaeological Inventory of County Offaly' (Dublin: Stationery Office, 1997). In certain instances the entries have been revised and updated in the light of recent research.
Date of upload: 23 May 2011
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- What survives
- Recorded monument
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