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St Martin's-gate, Le Pole Gate, Pole-gate 1250 between Werburgh Street and Bride Street [7] St Nicholas Gate [6] 1466 between St Nicholas Street and St Patrick Street [7] New Gate [6] 1177 Cornmarket Wormwood Gate Gormund-gate, Ormond-gate, [6] Earl's Gate 1261 [7] Between St Augustine Street and Lower Bridge Street [8] [9] Bridge-gate [6 ...
The house itself was large but of a very plain design, which was in obvious contrast to the lodges. An account from 1834 indicates that a main house predated the lodges. This account also reports that they were built from designs by the head gardener, John Smyth, and that the main entrance gates were forged locally for the sum of about £150 ...
The Saint Laurence Gate is a barbican which was built in the 13th century as part of the walled fortifications of the medieval town of Drogheda in Ireland. It is a barbican or defended fore-work which stood directly outside the original gate of which no surface trace survives. [ 1 ]
Markree Castle is a castle located in Collooney, County Sligo, Ireland. It is the ancestral seat of the Cooper family, partially moated by the River Unshin. Today it is a small family-run hotel. In the 1830s the Observatory on the grounds of the Castle had the largest refracting telescope in the world.
St. James's Gate, located where the modern street exists, was the western entrance to the city during the Middle Ages.During this time the gate was the traditional starting point for the Camino pilgrimage from Dublin to Santiago de Compostela in Galicia (Spain). [2]
St. James's Gate was the city's western entrance, and was named for the 12th century church and parish of St. James. [4] Also named for St. James, a holy well in the area was the location of a longstanding summer festival. [3] Standing for up to 5 centuries, [3] the gate was a toll point for goods entering the city. [2]
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Because of threats from stalkers, Enya reinforced the security of the castle, installing new solid timber entrance gates, raising the surrounding 41 metres (135 ft) of stone wall to more than 2.7 metres (9 ft), and placing 1.2-metre (4 ft) railings atop some sections. [8]