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Earthwork in Whitemill

Earthwork
Earthwork in Whitemill
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The following description is derived from both the published 'Archaeological Inventory of County Louth' (Dublin: Stationery Office, 1986) and the 'Archaeological Survey of County Louth' (Dublin: Stationery Office, 1991). Marked as'fort' on 1835 ed. of OS 6-inch map.

From the National Monuments Service (Archaeological Survey of Ireland) record LH004-064

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  • Maker not stated on source page, uk.pinterest.com
  • TommyMurf, Wikimedia Commons · CC BY-SA 4.0
  • National Inventory of Architectural Heritage
  • Eric Jones, Geograph · CC BY-SA 2.0
  • Eric Jones, Geograph · Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 2.0
  • Maker not stated on source page, www.dreamstime.com
  • Maker not stated on source page, commons.wikimedia.org
  • Maker not stated on source page, en.wikipedia.org
  • Maker not stated on source page, monumentalireland.ie
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