What is recorded here
This is part of the church complex of the Crutched friars, which was dedicated to St John the Baptist. It is situated on the S bank of the River Boyne, between a WSW-ENE section of the river c. 20m to the N and a low ridge c. 120m to the S. This is probably one of the two towers recorded at the site in an extent made…
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From the National Monuments Service (Archaeological Survey of Ireland) record ME036-049015
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- Rob Hurson, Wikimedia Commons · CC BY-SA 4.0
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- National Inventory of Architectural Heritage
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- Denis O'Donovan, Wikimedia Commons
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- JP, Geograph · CC BY-SA 2.0
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