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Helen's Tower

Tower
Helen's Tower
Photo: Rossographer, Wikimedia Commons · CC BY-SA 2.0 · Original Geograph photograph · Report the wrong picture

What is recorded here

Recorded construction date: 1840 - 1859. Current recorded use: Tower.

From the Northern Ireland Historic Buildings Record record HB23/06/009

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Photo credits
  • Golfing in Ireland; photographer not stated, Source publisher
  • Albert Bridge, Geograph · CC BY-SA 2.0
  • Eric Jones, Geograph · CC BY-SA 2.0
  • Northern Ireland Office, Wikimedia Commons · CC BY 2.0
  • Albert Bridge, Wikimedia Commons · CC BY-SA 2.0
  • Elkay62, Wikimedia Commons · CC BY-SA 4.0
  • Chris Burrell, Geograph · CC BY-SA 2.0
  • David Smith, Wikimedia Commons · CC BY-SA 2.0
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