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Gatehouse in Liscartan

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Situated on a level landscape, at the crest of a slight slope down to the NW-SE River Blackwater, which is c. 100m to the N. The house (ME025-009002-) is c. 70m to the NW. This is a rectangular structure (ext. dims 6.7m NW-SE; 4.7m NE-SW) with a round-arched entrance (Wth 2.8m) on the SW side. The entrance passage has a barrel-vault and a doorway in the SE pier leads to a newel stairs. The chamber above has single lights on the NW and SW sides.

From the National Monuments Service (Archaeological Survey of Ireland) record ME025-010

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Photo credits
  • JP, Geograph · CC BY-SA 2.0
  • National Inventory of Architectural Heritage
  • JP / Geograph, commons.wikimedia.org
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  • Albert Bridge, Geograph · CC BY-SA 2.0
  • Aubrey Martin, Wikimedia Commons · CC BY-SA 4.0
  • Jean-Pol GRANDMONT, Wikimedia Commons · CC BY 3.0
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  • Sitomon, Wikimedia Commons · CC BY-SA 2.0
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