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This rectangular tower (9m E-W; 6.8m N-S) is located to the N of Ballybeg Augustinian Priory (CO017-059001-). It is entered via a door with a three-centred arch near the N end of the W wall; the ground-floor chamber (4.8m N-S; 3.3m E-W) is lit by a slit window in a square-set embrasure in the N wall and slit windows…
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From the National Monuments Service (Archaeological Survey of Ireland) record CO017-059002
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- Andreas F. Borchert, Wikimedia Commons · CC BY-SA 4.0
- David P Howard, Geograph · CC BY-SA 2.0
- Maker not stated on source page, commons.wikimedia.org
- Mike Searle, Geograph · CC BY-SA 2.0
- National Inventory of Architectural Heritage
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- Kieran Hynes, Wikimedia Commons · CC BY-SA 2.0
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