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Pillars, gateway in County Clare (CL065-100002-)

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What is recorded here

At the S end of the W wall of a walled area surrounding Carrigaholt tower house (CL065-100001-). Two limestone pillars (H just over 4m; 1.85m x 1.15m; 3.05m apart) covered over with a course of red brick (T 0.13m). On the more northerly pillar some of this brick has been broken away exposing the original roughly dressed neat regular limestone. A later estate wall has broken into the W side of the more southerly pillar. There are some iron hinge loops set into each of the pillars on the inside. A circular 18-19th century turret is located at the NE corner of the walled area on the line of the original bawn wall.

From the National Monuments Service (Archaeological Survey of Ireland) record CL065-100002

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Official monument number
CL065-100002-
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  • The Banner, Wikimedia Commons · CC BY-SA 3.0
  • Joseph Mischyshyn, Geograph · CC BY-SA 2.0
  • National Inventory of Architectural Heritage
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  • Graham Horn, Geograph · CC BY-SA 2.0
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  • Billy Horan, Wikimedia Commons · CC BY-SA 4.0
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