2013

J4187 : The town wall, Carrickfergus (8)

taken 11 years ago, near to Carrickfergus, Co Antrim, Northern Ireland

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The town wall, Carrickfergus (8)
The town wall, Carrickfergus (8)
A remaining part of the town wall close to McKeen’s Avenue. The retaining wall for the Taylor’s Avenue bridge J4187 : Taylor's Avenue, Carrickfergus (1) is in the background.
The town wall, Carrickgergus


Carrickfergus was founded by the Norman John deCourcy who built a castle there in 1180. The town wall, started in 1579, was completed in 1615. Some of it has long since disappeared, some is little more than a few stones and some has been restored.


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Geographical Context: Historic sites and artefacts Place: Carrickfergus other tags: Walls Town Wall Retaining Wall Click a tag, to view other nearby images.
This photo is linked from: Automatic Clusters: · Carrickfergus Town [48] · Close to Carrickfergus [33] · Taylor's Avenue [14] ·
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J4187, 682 images   (more nearby 🔍)
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Albert Bridge   (more nearby)
Date Taken
Thursday, 28 November, 2013   (more nearby)
Submitted
Friday, 29 November, 2013
Subject Location
Irish: geotagged! J 418 878 [100m precision]
WGS84: 54:43.1245N 5:47.9645W
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Irish: geotagged! J 418 878
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North-northwest (about 337 degrees)
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