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Number 1 Gun Battery

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Map note: In County Westmeath, Ireland, the map records Number 1 Gun Battery as a fort. The name has plenty of swagger; the map supplies the actual spot.
Number 1 Gun Battery is recorded as a fort in County Westmeath.

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  • National Inventory of Architectural Heritage
  • Peter Gerken, Wikimedia Commons · CC BY-SA 2.0
  • Dvcireland, Wikimedia Commons · CC BY-SA 4.0
  • Graham Horn, Geograph · CC BY-SA 2.0
  • Pat Byrne, Geograph · Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 2.0
  • PatWhelehan, Wikimedia Commons
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