Enclosure in Killiskea, County Offaly

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What is recorded here

Hawthorn bush depicted on the 1838 ed. OS 6-inch map as 'Skeaghacroghery' (OF016-022001-) standing on a circular hill or a possible enclosure which was used as a mass site during the penal times. The holy bush and the possible enclosure had been removed by 1908 as this edition of the OS 6-inch map depicts the monument as 'Skeaghcroghery (Site of)' and no enclosure is depicted. Described in the ITA Survey as, 'a low knoll on undulating limestone plateau. The place is tilled and there is no sign of a fort nor is the thing remembered. It was presumably a thorn bush (OF016-022001-)' (ITA Survey 1942). Today there are no visible surface remains.

From the National Monuments Service (Archaeological Survey of Ireland) record OF016-022002

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farm house490 yd

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Srah BridgeBridge · 498 yd

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Standing stone in BallydrohidStanding stone · 555 ydTom: I’m here to help · Computer-made picture. It does not show this monument.

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Fairy fort / earthen ringfort in BallydrohidFairy fort / earthen ringfort · 673 ydTom: I’m here to help · Computer-made picture. It does not show this monument.

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Graveslab in Kilbride (ballycowan By.)Graveslab · 889 ydTom: I’m here to help · Computer-made picture. It does not show this monument.

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Christ's WellSpring · 1263 yd

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Pedunculate Oak1362 yd

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Ballycowan CastleCastle · 1.1 mi

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Ballycowan Castle (in Ruins)Bawn · 1.1 mi

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Children's playground1.1 miTom: I’m here to help · Computer-made picture. It does not show this playground.

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European Yew1.5 mi

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Ardnagross HillMountain / peak · 2.2 miTom: I’m here to help · Computer-made picture. It does not show this mountain top.

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