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   Infoseepage (infoseepage@mastodon.social)'s status on Sunday, 27-Apr-2025 23:21:04 JST Infoseepage

   I checked and the church name is St. Fechin's - Church of Ireland. The town's name means something like Fechin's Church Land.

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     Infoseepage (infoseepage@mastodon.social)'s status on Monday, 28-Apr-2025 00:33:40 JST Infoseepage

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     • cobalt

     @cobalt123 Yeah, understanding where the stone comes from is something a lot of people don't think about.

     A lot of ruins get robbed for stone and so you see bits and pieces of the castle reused in things like nearby barns.

     I've been to a handful of castles which reused Roman bricks as decorative elements or just plain built themselves into one corner of a big old Roman fort.

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     cobalt (cobalt123@beige.party)'s status on Monday, 28-Apr-2025 00:33:41 JST cobalt

     @Infoseepage All your photos and details are fascinating for this armchair tourist and thanks! Also, as a rock person, I'm fascinated by the rocks available there. What great architecture from natural stone.