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Ecclesiastical enclosure in Cooleeshill

Ecclesiastical enclosure
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What is recorded here

Situated on S facing slope of rising ground in upland area. Large circular area enclosed by a dry stone wall (Wth 2m; max. H 2m) constructed with small stones possibly field clearance debris associated with ruinous farmhouse attached to S side of enclosure. There is no surface trace of any church inside the enclosure. Holy well (OF043-067003-) and holy bush located in centre of enclosure. The enclosure may be a 19th-century field boundary following the line of an earlier ecclesiastical enclosure.

From the National Monuments Service (Archaeological Survey of Ireland) record OF043-067002

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  • Kmcnamee, Wikimedia Commons · CC BY-SA 4.0
  • National Inventory of Architectural Heritage
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