Mountjoy Castle
From Wikishire
| Mountjoy Castle | |
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Tyrone | |
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 Mountjoy Castle | |
| Location | |
| Grid reference: | H90126867 |
| Location: | 54°33’30"N, 6°36’27"W |
| History | |
| Information | |
| Owned by: | (State care) |
Mountjoy Castle stands near the village of Brockagh, also known as Mountjoy, in Magheralamfield townland in Tyrone. It stands on a hill overlooking Lough Neagh. It was built by Lord Mountjoy in 1602 and partly burned in 1643 by Captain Turlough Gruama O'Quin.
The castle is a two-storey brick building and the lower storey is stone-faced on the outside. It consists of a central rectangular block with four spear-shaped angle towers with gun loops. The north-west tower is partly demolished and the west curtain wall destroyed. The entrance was on the south side of the east curtain wall. On the first floor there are some wide windows.
The castle is today a state care monument.[1]
References
- ↑ List of State Care Monuments (Historic Environment Division)
- Mountjoy Castle at Irish Antiquities
