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Watchman's hut in Greenoge

Watchman's hut, burial ground
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Situated on the crest of an E-W ridge. The NE angle of the nave of Greenoge parish church (ME045-018----) was re-modelled in the 18th century with the insertion of a two-storey watch-house (int. dims 3.25m E-W; 2.44m N-S) inside the nave. This was accomplished by converting an embrasure towards the E end of the N nave…

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Situated on the crest of an E-W ridge. The NE angle of the nave of Greenoge parish church (ME045-018----) was re-modelled in the 18th century with the insertion of a two-storey watch-house (int. dims 3.25m E-W; 2.44m N-S) inside the nave. This was accomplished by converting an embrasure towards the E end of the N nave wall into a lintelled doorway (Wth 0.93m), although the embrasure can be seen rising above it to the first floor of the new structure. The rectangular window (Wth 0.42m; H 0.7m) with an external chamfer just to the E of the new doorway, which is associated with the rood loft of the church, was converted into a narrow light such as those (Wth 7cm; H 22cm) in the newly-constructed W and S walls of the watch-house, which block half the chancel-arch. An internal ladder would allow access to the first floor, which was supported on joists set directly into the S and N walls. The narrower new walls rise above the original nave walls. The first floor has a fireplace in the W wall and a light at its S end that re-uses the head of a cusped ogee-headed window, a rectangular window in the N wall and lights angled to the SW, S and SE in the S wall.

From the National Monuments Service (Archaeological Survey of Ireland) record ME045-018001

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