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House in Clougheast

House, 16th/17th century

What is recorded here

There is no evidence that there was ever a bawn at Clougheast tower house (WX053-032001-), although it is at the NE angle of a farmyard, which might have been developed on the perimeter of one. The shell of a two-storey, four-bay house (int. dims 13m N-S; 5.5m E-W), which appears to be 18th century in date, is attached to the N of the tower house but a musket-loop and a slit window on the W wall at the ground floor indicates that it might retain masonry from an older structure. The castle and house were restored as a dwelling in 2004.

From the National Monuments Service (Archaeological Survey of Ireland) record WX053-032002

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  • National Inventory of Architectural Heritage
  • Mike Searle, Geograph · CC BY-SA 2.0
  • User Ali-oops on en.wikipedia, Wikimedia Commons · GFDL
  • Ojsyork, Wikimedia Commons · CC BY 4.0
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