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Ballygawley Castle is a seventeenth-century fortified residence comprising a castle and bawn situated in the Dungannon area of County Tyrone, Northern Ireland. The structure represents the post-medieval fortification tradition characteristic of early modern Ulster, a period marked by military and domestic defensive architecture reflecting the unsettled conditions of the region during English colonial expansion. The bawn, a characteristic defensive enclosure wall surrounding the main structure, exemplifies the practical approach taken by settlers and established families to protect their holdings during the turbulent seventeenth century. The site remains an important archaeological record of domestic fortification practices and settlement patterns in post-medieval Ireland.
Ballygawley castle. c17th castle & bawn is a scheduled monument protected by Department for Communities NI under reference 15790. View the official record →
Ballygawley Castle is a seventeenth-century fortified residence comprising a castle and bawn situated in the Dungannon area of County Tyrone, Northern Ireland. It is designated a Scheduled Ancient Monument by DfC Northern Ireland (NISMR) under reference 15790.
Ballygawley castle. c17th castle & bawn dates from the post-med period, and is classified as a fortification. It is one of over 32,000 scheduled monuments protected across the UK.
Ballygawley castle. c17th castle & bawn is a Scheduled Ancient Monument, legally protected by DfC Northern Ireland (NISMR) — the body responsible for designating and safeguarding heritage sites in Ni. The official designation reference is 15790.
Several scheduled monuments lie within 10 km, including Lisdoart. platform rath (2.1 km), Rath (3.3 km), Favor royal bawn. favor royal bawn (3.7 km).
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