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Indicated — Abbey West

Gatehouse
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Immediately N of a roadway on the W line of the walled garden (CL003-029001-) marking the precincts of Corcomroe Abbey (CL003-029002-). A gatehouse, the upper parts of which collapsed soon after 1839 (Stalley 1987, 176). Two parallel mortared stone walls (Wth 0.7m; H 4m; L 9.2m) oriented E-W, 5m apart. There is a plain flat-headed doorway (Wth 1m) at the W end of the N wall. On the enclosure wall immediately to the N and S are two narrow slit windows. According to Stalley (ibid.) the medieval gatehouse was manned by a porter whose attitude to visitors was not necessarily as warm-hearted as it should have been. Compiled by: Gearóid Conroy and Mary Tunney Date of upload: 21 April 2015 This monument is subject to a preservation order made under the National Monuments Acts 1930 to 2014 (PO no. 1/1986).

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