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Dovecote in Carrickfad

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Situated in a slight N-S valley which opens out to the S, but the ground rises up almost immediately to the W, N and E. It is on the grounds of Newtown Manor, a large house that was built between 1835 and 1910 (OS 6-inch maps), but which is no longer extant. The pigeon house is a circular tower (ext. diam. 2.8m; int. diam. 1.8m; H c. 5m) with a doorway (Wth 0.8m; H 1.85m) at N. There was a floor 2.8m above ground level and there are eight tiers of pigeon-holes with brick divisions at the first floor with a large opening on the S side. The exterior is rendered with a string course over the ground floor and the first floor, and there are dainty crenellations on the parapet.

From the National Monuments Service (Archaeological Survey of Ireland) record LE010-057

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  • John Darcy, Wikimedia Commons · CC BY-SA 2.0
  • Rod Allday, Wikimedia Commons · CC BY-SA 2.0
  • Michael Murtagh, Geograph · CC BY-SA 2.0
  • Oliver Dixon, Geograph · CC BY-SA 2.0
  • Raymond Bell, Geograph · CC BY-SA 2.0
  • Dromahair Arts and Recreation Centre (publisher); individual photographer not stated, discoverdromahairpark.ie
  • Dieglop, Wikimedia Commons · CC BY-SA 4.0
  • Bob Embleton, Wikimedia Commons · CC BY-SA 2.0
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