What is recorded here
Situated at the foot of a high W-facing cliff near Lackwee. An old field wall, part of an extensive field system (MA084-001001-) terminates at the foot of the cliff 11m to NE. A spring rises 3m to N from which a small stream issues. It consists of a spread of loose stones filling and defining a roughly rectangular…
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From the National Monuments Service (Archaeological Survey of Ireland) record MA084-018
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Photo credits
- National Inventory of Architectural Heritage
- Colin Park, Geograph · CC BY-SA 2.0
- Ire2500, Wikimedia Commons · Public domain
- Colin Park, Wikimedia Commons · CC BY-SA 2.0
- Graham Horn, Geograph · CC BY-SA 2.0
- Andreas F. Borchert, Wikimedia Commons · CC BY-SA 4.0
- Maker not stated on source page, www.flickr.com
- Keith Salvesen, Geograph · CC BY-SA 2.0
- Markbriggs, Wikimedia Commons · CC BY-SA 3.0
- Maker not stated on source page, www.absoluteescapes.com
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