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Sheepfold in Dromore Old

Hut site

This remains an important historical record, but the official description says the monument is no longer visible or has been destroyed. The monument record does not grant public access. Check the route and ask the landowner before entering private land.

What survives
No visible remains or recorded as destroyed
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What is recorded here

No visible trace survives of the sheepfold marked on the second edition of the OS map. It was located on a low rise in rough grazing land, a short distance E of the Blackwater river. Cork University Press (1996), no. 1437.

From the National Monuments Service (Archaeological Survey of Ireland) record KE092-018

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  • National Inventory of Architectural Heritage
  • Robotforaday at en.wikipedia, Wikimedia Commons · Public domain
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  • Mick Garratt, Geograph · CC BY-SA 2.0
  • Maker not stated on source page, www.irishcentral.com
  • Gordon Hatton, Geograph · CC BY-SA 2.0
  • David Purchase, Geograph · CC BY-SA 2.0
  • Colin Park, Geograph · CC BY-SA 2.0
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