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Tirefour Castle
56.5296° N, -5.4690° E
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Tirefour Castle, (or Tirefour Broch, also spelled Tirfuir and Tirrefour) is an Iron Age broch located 4 kilometres north of Achnacroish on the island of Lismore, Scotland.
Paleolithic
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Iron Age
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Norse pins and rivets
11th–12th century
8th-century decorative pin
8th century
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