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Forge in Gowran

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Towards the E end of Gowran, on the N side of Main Street. A building annotated, ‘The Forge’ is indicated at this location on White’s map of Gowran, 1710/11. Though the map is early 18th century in date, it is likely that the forge dated to, at least, the 17th century. A two-storey four-bay house with three chimneys appears to occupy the location of the forge.

From the National Monuments Service (Archaeological Survey of Ireland) record KK020-060023

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  • A.-K. D., Wikimedia Commons · CC BY-SA 4.0
  • National Inventory of Architectural Heritage
  • Mike Searle, Wikimedia Commons · CC BY-SA 2.0
  • Didier Descouens, Wikimedia Commons · CC BY-SA 4.0
  • Humphrey Bolton, Geograph · CC BY-SA 2.0
  • kevin higgins, Wikimedia Commons · CC BY-SA 2.0
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