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Monument in Annestown

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Marked as a signal pole on the 1840 ed. of the OS 6-inch map and as a monument on the 1922 ed. of the OS 6-inch map. It is situated on a rise in the floor of the N-S Annestown river, with the stream c. 80m to the E. This is an obelisk erected to commemorate members of the Cole family, but there is no evidence of a signal tower.

From the National Monuments Service (Archaeological Survey of Ireland) record WA025-062

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  • National Inventory of Architectural Heritage
  • Philip Halling, Geograph · CC BY-SA 2.0
  • Colin Park, Geograph · CC BY-SA 2.0
  • Picture: Kieran Russell
  • Philip Halling, Wikimedia Commons · CC BY-SA 2.0
  • John M, Geograph · CC BY-SA 2.0
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