Gatehouse in Dunlavin Upper, County Wicklow

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What is recorded here

'This [Market Place] is located in the centre of Main St. and has a mid-eighteenth century Court House, which Drury (Mems Dead vi (1904-6), 176) states was formerly a gatehouse into the town, at its northern end.' The above description is from Bradley, J., et al. 1989 Urban Archaeology Survey Part IX County Wicklow. Unpublished report. Office of Public Works.

From the National Monuments Service (Archaeological Survey of Ireland) record WI015-016008

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