What is recorded here
On the W side of a tower house (KD015-002001-), which retains traces of a defended gate arch giving access to the bawn. A 1973 aerial photograph (CUCAP BOC39) shows the cropmark of a fosse defining a rectangular area (dims. L c. 65m NE-SW; Wth c. 50m NW-SE). Extensive modern farm buildings and a large concrete yard overlie the monument. (GSI N 396)
Compiled by: Gearóid Conroy
Date of upload: 10 June 2011
From the National Monuments Service (Archaeological Survey of Ireland) record KD015-002002
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- What survives
- Recorded monument
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Photo credits
- Ian Paterson, Geograph · CC BY-SA 2.0
- Branaigh, Wikimedia Commons · CC BY-SA 4.0
- Irishshagua, Wikimedia Commons · CC BY-SA 4.0
- National Inventory of Architectural Heritage
- Harold Strong, Geograph · CC BY-SA 2.0
- Sitomon, Wikimedia Commons · CC BY-SA 2.0
- JP, Geograph · CC BY-SA 2.0
- Colin Park, Geograph · CC BY-SA 2.0
- 瑞丽江的河水, Wikimedia Commons · CC BY-SA 4.0
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