What is recorded here
In woodland on high ground overlooking a lake to NW, on the demesne lands of Currah Chase House and castle (LI020-119----) standing 337m to NW. Annotated 'Pillar Hill' on the 1840 ed. OS 6-inch map indicating the presence of a pillar stone from which the hill was named. Annotated 'Pillar' on the 1897 OSi 25-inch map.…
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From the National Monuments Service (Archaeological Survey of Ireland) record LI020-139
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