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Named 'Knockroe' on 1842 OS 6-inch map, now abandoned. Only three out of approx. seven houses remain, one in ruins. All are 1-storey, mud built, gable-ended, with single end chimney of brick. Top of wall, gable with chimney and ope surrounds are stone built. One has slate roof, other of corrugated iron.

From the National Monuments Service (Archaeological Survey of Ireland) record CO125-004

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  • Andy Beecroft, Geograph · CC BY-SA 2.0
  • National Inventory of Architectural Heritage
  • Mike Searle, Geograph · CC BY-SA 2.0
  • Podstawko, Wikimedia Commons · CC BY-SA 4.0
  • Garry Dickinson, Geograph · CC BY-SA 2.0
  • Marathon, Wikimedia Commons · CC BY-SA 2.0
  • Mike Searle, Wikimedia Commons · CC BY-SA 2.0
  • The Speckled Bird, Wikimedia Commons · CC BY-SA 4.0
  • Einaz80, Wikimedia Commons · CC BY-SA 4.0
  • Andy Beecroft, Wikimedia Commons · CC BY-SA 2.0
  • David Dixon, Geograph · CC BY-SA 2.0
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