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House in Ballybrittan, County Offaly (OF011-057----)

House, 17th century

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----).

From the National Monuments Service (Archaeological Survey of Ireland) record OF011-057

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Official monument number
OF011-057----
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  • National Inventory of Architectural Heritage
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  • Kmcnamee, Wikimedia Commons · CC BY-SA 4.0
  • Google / Tom McDermott, as credited by Midlands 103, www.midlands103.com
  • Douglas P. Bermingham, Wikimedia Commons · CC0
  • Mike Searle, Geograph · CC BY-SA 2.0
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