Pigeon House, dovecote in County Limerick

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Octagonal-shaped dovecote (int. diam. 5m) located 100m ENE of Drombanny Castle (LI013-056----) also known as Thomas Power's Court. Annotated ‘Pigeon Ho.’ on the 1840 OS 6-inch map. Described by Greensmyth (1994, 13) as following; ‘The Drombanna pigeon house is octagonal. The circumference on the outside is just under 25m. The length from of any of the walls on the inside to the opposite wall is under 5m. Seven of the walls have nest holes for eighty birds each, the eight wall, which includes the entrance facing west, has holes for forty birds’. Dovecote visible on Google Earth orthoimage taken 19/11/2019. See attached Google Earth orthophotos taken 28/06/2018 Compiled by: Martin Fitzpatrick Date upload: 3 July 2020

From the National Monuments Service (Archaeological Survey of Ireland) record LI013-239

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