Stone trough in Lorrha, County Tipperary

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What is recorded here

Limestone stone trough (H0.5m; dims. 1m x 0.5m) with rectangular shaped depression (dims. 0.35m x 0.7m) to the N of the E gable of the 13th century Dominican friary (TN004-010001-) and may be a medieval fish tank. Sitiuated beside driveway up to Lorrha Roman Catholic church and halfway between friary and the 13th century mill (TN004-010005-).

From the National Monuments Service (Archaeological Survey of Ireland) record TN004-010021

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