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Monument in Carrigoran

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What is recorded here

In Lough Gash turlough, immediately SW of Newmarket on Fergus and 3.6km E of the Fergus Estuary. Named ‘Monument’ on the 1951-2 edition of the OS 6-inch map. A circular area (diam. c. 18m) defined by a low stone wall with possible internal stone feature is visible on OSi MapGenie 2013-2018. The image was taken when the turlough was dry. On Digital Globe (2011-2013) it is visible as submerged all around. Carrigoran Castle (CL051-023----) lies c. 160m to the S on the edge of the turlough.

From the National Monuments Service (Archaeological Survey of Ireland) record CL051-202

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Photo credits
  • National Inventory of Architectural Heritage
  • The Banner, Wikimedia Commons · CC BY-SA 4.0
  • Kmcnamee, Wikimedia Commons · CC BY-SA 4.0
  • Roger Diel, Geograph · CC BY-SA 2.0
  • Golfing in Ireland; photographer not stated, Source publisher
  • Edo, Irish Railway Modeller forum, Irish Railway Modeller forum
  • Miguel Angel Masegosa Martínez, Wikimedia Commons · CC BY 2.0
  • Jackieray at English Wikipedia, Wikimedia Commons · Public domain
  • Joseph Mischyshyn, Geograph · Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 2.0
  • Joseph Mischyshyn, Geograph · CC BY-SA 2.0
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