Sketrick Castle
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| Sketrick Castle | |
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County Down | |
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 Sketrick Castle | |
| Location | |
| Grid reference: | J52456252 |
| Location: | 54°29’16"N, 5°38’55"W |
| History | |
| Information | |
| Condition: | ruined |
| Owned by: | (State care) |
Sketrick Castle is a castle ruin on Sketrick Island in Strangford Lough in County Down (near Killinchy).
The castle is estimated to date back to the 15th century. The Annals of the Four Masters record the capture of the castle in 1470. It was intact until the end of the 19th century when a storm demolished much of it.
In 1957 a stone subterranean passage was discovered. It has lintels running under the bawn wall to a chamber with a corbel over a fresh water spring.
Sketrick Castle tower-house and passage to spring are State Care Historic Monuments in the townland of Sketrick Island.[1]