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The precise location of Baskin Castle has not been identified. The castle is depicted on the 1655-9 Down Survey map of Drumrany parish (NLI, MS 723-4). On this map the castle is depicted as a tower house type structure with single storey house built onto one side of the castle. On this house which probably dates form…
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From the National Monuments Service (Archaeological Survey of Ireland) record WM023-042
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- Maker not stated on source page, www.flickr.com
- Maker not stated on source page, ca.pinterest.com
- Maker not stated on source page, www.pinterest.com
- National Inventory of Architectural Heritage
- Maker not stated on source page, commons.wikimedia.org
- Ashley Cahill (credited in the article caption for this Fr Dalton’s team photograph), www.westmeathexaminer.ie
- Maker not stated on source page, uk.finance.yahoo.com
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