Kavanagh Monument, County Carlow

This does not grant access. Most recorded buildings are privately owned; view them only from public ground unless the owner allows entry.

What is recorded here

Freestanding limestone built Hiberno Romanesque style drinking fountain on raised base, c. 1890.

Photo credits

National Inventory of Architectural Heritage
Algirdas at Lithuanian Wikipedia, Wikimedia Commons · Public domain
Maker not stated on source page, knightstemplar.co
Miguel Angel Masegosa Martínez, Wikimedia Commons · CC BY 2.0
Maker not stated on source page, www.pinterest.com
Maker not stated on source page, tr.pinterest.com
Golfing in Ireland; photographer not stated, Source publisher
Maker not stated on source page, www.dreamstime.com
Maker not stated on source page, commons.wikimedia.org
Carlow Nationalist (publisher); individual photographer not stated, www.carlow-nationalist.ie

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