Strangford Castle
| Strangford Castle | |
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County Down | |
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,_August_2009.JPG) Strangford Castle | |
| Type: | Tower house |
| Location | |
| Grid reference: | J58904976 |
| Location: | 54°22’18"N, 5°33’19"W |
| Village: | Strangford |
| History | |
| Information | |
| Owned by: | (State care) |
Strangford Castle is a castle on a height overlooking the harbour in Strangford, County Down, across Strangford Lough from Portaferry Castle.[1] It is in form a tower house.
The castle was probably originally built in the 15th century but most of the present building dates from the late 16th century. Strangford Castle is today a State Care Historic Monument.[2]
Features
Strangford Castle appears to be a small tower house from the late 16th century, but a blocked door of 15th century type at first floor level, seems to indicate the remodelling of an earlier tower.
The current entrance, in the north-east wall, is a reconstruction, positioned by the surviving corbelled machicolation above and a socket from a draw-bar to secure the original door. The original entrance may have been on the first floor. It is a small, rectangular, three-storey tower house with no vault or stone stairway. The first floor fireplace has an oven. The ground floor chamber is lit only by small gun-loops.
The roof has very fine crenellations, again with pistol-loops.[1] The original floors, like their modern replacements, were made of wood.[3]
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Strangford Castle, August 2009 -
Strangford Castle, August 2009 -
Strangford Castle, August 2009
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References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 Department of the Environment for Northern Ireland (1983). Historic Monuments of Northern Ireland. Belfast: HMSO. pp. 96–97.
- ↑ List of State Care Monuments (Historic Environment Division)
- ↑ Harbinson, P (1992). Guide to National and Historic Monuments of Ireland. Dublin: Gill & Macmillan. p. 122.