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Blackwood Castle

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Map note: Blackwood Castle is ruins in County Kildare, Ireland. A grand name is enough to spark a look around the map.
Blackwood Castle is recorded as a ruins in County Kildare.

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  • Kmcnamee, Wikimedia Commons · CC BY-SA 4.0
  • National Inventory of Architectural Heritage
  • Royalcanalrunner, Wikimedia Commons · CC BY-SA 4.0
  • Alex Passmore, Geograph · CC BY-SA 2.0
  • George Cruikshank, Wikimedia Commons · Public domain
  • Mike Searle, Wikimedia Commons · CC BY-SA 2.0
  • Jamie Carroll, Wikimedia Commons · CC BY-SA 2.0
  • Eoghan888 at English Wikipedia, Wikimedia Commons · Public domain
  • Mike Searle, Geograph · CC BY-SA 2.0
  • Stephan van Helden, Wikimedia Commons · CC BY-SA 4.0
  • Kk, Wikimedia Commons · CC0
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