Cowd Castle

Cowd Castle
County Down
Cowd Castle
Location
Grid reference:	J56063705
Location:	54°15’30"N, 5°36’21"W
Village:	Ardglass
History
Information
Owned by:	(State care)

Cowd Castle is a castle in Ardglass, County Down, on the other side of the road from Margaret's Castle, at the entrance to Ardglass Golf Club. It is a small, two-storey tower which may date from the late 15th century or early 16th century. The doorway is in the west wall. A straight mural stairway (now blocked) led to the upper level.

The tower house known as Cowd or Choud Castle is a State Care Historic Monument.

Ardglass had at least six castles and remains of four of them can still be seen: Ardglass Castle, Cowd Castle, Margaret's Castle and Jordan's Castle.

See also

• Ardglass Castle
• Jordan's Castle.
• Margaret's Castle

Outside links

("Wikimedia Commons" has material about Cowd Castle)

• Royal Irish Academy - Three Mediæval Buildings in the Port of Ardglass, Co. Down by T.E. McNeill, published 15 April 2005