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Designed landscape — folly in Lisloughlin

Designed landscape — folly
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On a prominent hilltop. Known locally as 'The Three Fingers', it consists of an 19th-C ornamental gateway (Wth 1.3m) with a shouldered arch set into a field wall. Built of well-dressed limestone and mortared rubble, it is surmounted by three narrow pillars of unequal height. The above description is derived from the published 'Archaeological Inventory of County Galway Vol. II - North Galway'. Compiled by Olive Alcock, Kathy de hÓra and Paul Gosling (Dublin: Stationery Office, 1999). Date of upload: 05 August 2010

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