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The Mint (Carlingford)

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and the strength of the defences suggest that it may indeed have served as a mint. Against this is the fact that no coin minted at Carlingford has ever been found.
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windows (five in total) face onto the street, with carvings of a horse, a bust of a man, a bird, a snake and
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Fortified house and National Monument, County Louth, Ireland
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Irish

Fortified house
Carlingford
County Louth
Ireland
54°02′25″N 6°11′11″W / 54.040144°N 6.186272°W / 54.040144; -6.186272
Cooley Peninsula
National monument of Ireland
The Mint (Carlingford) is located in Ireland
fortified house
National Monument
Carlingford, County Louth
Ireland
Carlingford
Carlingford Lough
fortified house
tower house
mint
Carlingford
Edward IV
Marmions
fireplace

Ogee
limestone
battlemented
chemin de ronde
loopholes
machicolation

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