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Monasterboice House

House, medieval

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The following description is derived from both the published 'Archaeological Inventory of County Louth' (Dublin: Stationery Office, 1986) and the 'Archaeological Survey of County Louth' (Dublin: Stationery Office, 1991). Neither the house nor its grounds could be visited because the owners' permission to do so was not…

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The following description is derived from both the published 'Archaeological Inventory of County Louth' (Dublin: Stationery Office, 1986) and the 'Archaeological Survey of County Louth' (Dublin: Stationery Office, 1991). Neither the house nor its grounds could be visited because the owners' permission to do so was not forthcoming. According to Bence-Jones (1978, 208) it is a hybrid house, partly medieval and partly Georgian Gothic with a Regency bow front and some Victorian features. It would appear from photographs taken by the Archaeological Survey in the 1960s that the medieval portion of the house had two four-light windows of chamfered limestone in its WNW facade and steps up to a doorway at first-floor level at the S end of the same wall.

From the National Monuments Service (Archaeological Survey of Ireland) record LH021-061

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