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Settlement deserted in Ballinaboy

Settlement deserted, medieval

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Downe Survey map shows cluster of small houses titled 'Ballinaboy towne' just S of Owenboy river. According to local tradition site of "old village" in field to E of 'Pound cross roads', close to medieval church (CO098-00202-). No visible surface trace. (Jan. 1991 - "According to owners of Ballinaboy House, the village was to the S of the house in field to E of Pound Cross Roads - Tuthills.") The above description is derived from the published 'Archaeological Inventory of County Cork.

From the National Monuments Service (Archaeological Survey of Ireland) record CO098-064

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  • National Inventory of Architectural Heritage
  • Rob Hodgkins, Wikimedia Commons · CC BY-SA 2.0
  • Hywel Williams, Geograph · CC BY-SA 2.0
  • Mike Searle, Geograph · CC BY-SA 2.0
  • Hywel Williams, Geograph · Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 2.0
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