What is recorded here
From the National Monuments Service (Archaeological Survey of Ireland) record CW014-007
Places near here
Photo credits
- National Inventory of Architectural Heritage
- Maker not stated on source page, www.pinterest.com
- Maker not stated on source page, carlowtourism.com
- Maker not stated on source page, www.flickr.com
- Maker not stated on source page, www.alamy.com
- Christian Pirkl, Wikimedia Commons · CC BY-SA 3.0 at
- Maker not stated on source page, www.dreamstime.com
- Malene Thyssen, Wikimedia Commons · CC BY-SA 3.0
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