What is recorded here
In reclaimed pasture immediately S of a forestry plantation, formerly on S bank of Ash Hill Lough that has been drained, on the former demesne lands of Ash Hill Towers, that lies 330m to SW. Not depicted on the 1840 ed. OSi 6-inch map. Shown on the Cassini ed. OSi 6-inch as a small semi-circular-shaped platform (dims…
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From the National Monuments Service (Archaeological Survey of Ireland) record LI047-020
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- Maker not stated on source page, www.goirishtours.com
- National Inventory of Architectural Heritage
- The Speckled Bird, Wikimedia Commons · CC BY-SA 4.0
- Munster GAA Post Primary Schools; individual photographer not named, munster.gaa.ie
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