Designed landscape in Coolrus, County Limerick

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What is recorded here

In pasture on gentle SE-facing slope. Monument, depicted on 1923 OS 6-inch map edition as square enclosure (L c. 20m) planted with trees, has been levelled. No trace of monument evident when inspected. Location within demesne of now demolished Coolrus House indicates site may be landscape feature.

From the National Monuments Service (Archaeological Survey of Ireland) record LI038-078

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National Inventory of Architectural Heritage
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