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Steps in Lacken

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Steps in Lacken
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What is recorded here

Flights of cut-limestone or limestone flagged steps, c.1825, with random rubble stone retaining walls.
An attractive group of steps traditionally constructed from locally-sourced limestone exuding a picturesque aesthetic quality lacking in modern methods of paving.

From the Buildings of Ireland (National Inventory of Architectural Heritage) record 12006006

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  • National Inventory of Architectural Heritage
  • Becky McReynolds, Wikimedia Commons · CC BY-SA 4.0
  • John Stephen Reid, Wikimedia Commons · CC BY-SA 4.0
  • A.-K. D., Wikimedia Commons · CC0
  • P L Chadwick, Geograph · CC BY-SA 2.0
  • Adrian Taylor, Geograph · CC BY-SA 2.0
  • A.-K. D., Wikimedia Commons · CC BY-SA 4.0
  • Eirian Evans, Wikimedia Commons · CC BY-SA 2.0
  • Berthold Werner, Wikimedia Commons · CC BY-SA 4.0
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