School Road, Forkhill
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School Road, Forkhill
Image: © Eric Jones Taken: 30 Apr 2013
The fencing is all that remains of the former FKL Joint Army/Police base. During "The Troubles" the base - built around an existing police station -dominated the landscape. The base was supplied by helicopters from the Bessbrook then the busiest heliport in Europe. The site is now being redeveloped for housing. The base can be seen in Ron Murray's Geograph of 2006, Image] http://www.pprune.org/military-aircrew/399005-shfni-stories-16.html http://www.place.uk.net/downloads/ForkhillBarracksSite_ProgressReport.pdf
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Image Location
Latitude
54.080338
Longitude
-6.452064