School: Hewetson, Clane (roll number 13902)
- Location:
- Millicent North, Co. Kildare
- Teacher: Sean Crawford
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0774, Page 035
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- Just beside the village of Nurney in Co. Kildare there is a big round sand-pit & on the top of this hill there is an old building which is supposed to have been a Norman stronghold. There is a top & bottom floor in it & there are big stones sticking out of the side of it so that one could climb up to the opening in the wall & get in on the top floor. On the top are a whole lot of little cells which are said to have been used by the Normans to hold their money. It was covered in by a roof, but this has long since fallen into ruin.
In the bottom floor there are four openings shaped like windows. In one corner there is a chimney which ran only half-way up the wall & then apparently discharged its smoke through(continues on next page)
- Collector
- Harry Sunderland
- Gender
- Male
- Age
- 15
- Informant
- Harry Sunderland
- Gender
- Male
- Age
- 15
