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Greenmount Motte
53.8780° N, -6.3859° E
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Greenmount Motte is a motte and National Monument in County Louth, Ireland.
Paleolithic
Mesolithic
Neolithic
Chalcolithic
Bronze Age
Iron Age
Classical Period
Post-Classical Period
Early Modern Period
Industrial Period
Contemporary Period
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Documentary references to Drumcath
1310, 1328
Irish Rebellion encampment
1641
Excavation causing cave-in
1830
Later excavation
1870
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CastlesTowersDefensive Walls
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Burial and Funerary Structures
Burial Mounds
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Domestic and Habitation Structures
Courtyards
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Environmental and Natural Features
Artificial MoundsLandscaped Earthworks
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