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Derrywoone Castle Archaeological Excavation 2013

Derrywoone Castle Archaeological Excavation 2013
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[B]The excavation: [/B]An excavation will take place at Derrywoone Castle, Barons Court, Newtownstewart, Co. Tyrone, between May 27[SUP]th[/SUP] and June 28[SUP]th[/SUP] 2013. Derrywoone Castle was built by the Scottish Earl of Abercorn, Sir. George Hamilton on his 12,400 acre estate granted to him in 1610, after the flight of the Gaelic Earls. Both Scottish and Irish families farmed on Hamilton

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