Designed landscape feature in Deerpark, County Galway

The monument record does not grant public access. Check the route and ask the landowner before entering private land.

What is recorded here

Photo credits

National Inventory of Architectural Heritage
Yosemite, Wikimedia Commons · CC BY-SA 3.0
Steve & Jemma Copley on Flickr, Wikimedia Commons · CC BY-SA 2.0
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No machine-readable author provided. Christian1965~commonswiki assumed (based on copyright claims)., Wikimedia Commons · Public domain
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Maker not stated on source page, www.dreamstime.com
Elisa.rolle, Wikimedia Commons · CC BY-SA 4.0
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Maker not stated on source page, www.visitgalway.ie

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