School: Castlemacadam

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Castlemacadam, Co. Wicklow
Teacher:
Wm. Ffell
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0925, Page 120

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  1. The Round O cf.p.2.3. There is a smaller ring inside the outer ring and the ground is slightly raised in the centre like [sketch].

    Barn-scalla
    The Danes are said to have been on these hills.
    Some of the fields are in ridges where once they were tilled with the spade.
    A field on this hill was called Barn-scalla - or skalla field.

    15.5.'36 Mrs Toole. Ballymoneen or Bally-na-mona.
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    Topics
    1. objects
      1. man-made structures
        1. historical and commemorative structures (~6,794)
    Language
    English
    Collector
    Mrs Toole
    Gender
    Female
    Address
    Ballymoneen, Co. Wicklow