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Bawn in Cloghreagh

Bawn

What is recorded here

It is situated on a low NW-SE ridge. The castle (ME003-015----) occupies the E angle of a rectangular enclosure or bawn (dims c. 30m NW-SE; c. 23m NE-SW) defined by a ditch or fosse (Wth 4-6m; D 0.6-1m) on all sides except the SE where an 18th century building occupies its location. The house (ME003-015002-) is inside the perimeter at SE.

From the National Monuments Service (Archaeological Survey of Ireland) record ME003-015001

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  • Kmcnamee, Wikimedia Commons · CC BY-SA 4.0
  • National Inventory of Architectural Heritage
  • Kieran Campbell, Geograph · Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 2.0
  • Sitomon, Wikimedia Commons · CC BY-SA 2.0
  • Alvesgaspar, Wikimedia Commons · CC BY-SA 3.0
  • Wanfried-Dublin, Wikimedia Commons · CC BY-SA 4.0
  • Garry Dickinson, Geograph · CC BY-SA 2.0
  • Mike Searle, Geograph · CC BY-SA 2.0
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