What is recorded here
A well within the walled town of Kilmallock (LI047-022---) was excavated by John O'Connor under licence No. 99E0215 on the 'Sarsfield Street' part of the Urban Renewal Scheme's monitoring work; all other features in this section are covered by LI047-022044-. The well was described by O'Connor as following; 'On 31st…
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From the National Monuments Service (Archaeological Survey of Ireland) record LI047-022043
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- National Inventory of Architectural Heritage
- Visualising Heritage, Geograph · CC BY-SA 2.0
- The Speckled Bird, Wikimedia Commons · CC BY-SA 4.0
- Munster GAA Post Primary Schools; individual photographer not named, munster.gaa.ie
- Maker not stated on source page, www.goirishtours.com
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