What is recorded here
Situated on the W facing slope of high ground in upland area. Three storey high gabled ended house of five bays with central flat headed doorway. At first floor level it has five rectangular windows while at second floor level there are five small squat shaped windows located under the eaves of a high pitched roof.…
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From the National Monuments Service (Archaeological Survey of Ireland) record OF039-021001
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- Maker not stated on source page, en.topwar.ru
- National Inventory of Architectural Heritage
- Maker not stated on source page, readymap.irish
- Maker not stated on source page, www.alamy.com
- Maker not stated on source page, www.dailymail.co.uk
- Didier Descouens, Wikimedia Commons · CC BY-SA 4.0
- D. Brands, Wikimedia Commons · CC BY-SA 3.0
- Picture: The Standing Stone
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