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Killua Castle — Clonmellon

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Killua Castle — Clonmellon
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Freestanding obelisk, erected c.1810, comprising coursed limestone plinth on square plan with ashlar coping and tapered ashlar column on square plan (c.10 metres in height), terminated by pyramidal ashlar coping. Carved stone plaques to plinth to north and west faces read 'To the memory of Sir Walter G. Raleigh' and 'Erected by Sir Thomas Chapman Bart. A.D. 1810'. Located in a small hill in a prominent position in the landscape to the west of Killua Castle.

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