What is recorded here
A large castellated building is indicated on the Down Survey (1655-6) barony map of Kells, Co. Kilkenny (Hibernia Regnum, courtesy of Trinity College Dublin). Seven smaller buildings (KK027-072002-) are indicated encircling the larger building. The castellated house is located in the central W portion of the townland,…
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From the National Monuments Service (Archaeological Survey of Ireland) record KK027-072001
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- kevin higgins, Geograph · CC BY-SA 2.0
- Maker not stated on source page, en.wikipedia.org
- National Inventory of Architectural Heritage
- Maker not stated on source page, www.celticguitarmusic.com
- A.-K. D., Wikimedia Commons · CC BY-SA 4.0
- Maker not stated on source page, www.flickr.com
- Maker not stated on source page, www.dreamstime.com
- Willow, Wikimedia Commons · CC BY 2.5
- Mike Searle, Geograph · CC BY-SA 2.0
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