What is recorded here
Within a tree-lined farmyard in pasture on the W end of a ridge aligned E-W with clear views in all directions. Marked and labelled ‘Wingfield Lodge’ on 1840 and 1916 OS 6-inch maps. The house was associated with the Wingfield family, Dukes of Suffolk. Honora O’Brien (born 1559), daughter of Teige O’Brien of…
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From the National Monuments Service (Archaeological Survey of Ireland) record CL015-038
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- Gordon Hatton, Geograph · CC BY-SA 2.0
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- National Inventory of Architectural Heritage
- N Chadwick, Geograph · CC BY-SA 2.0
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