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Castle and enclosure is a post-medieval fortification located in Armagh, Northern Ireland. The site comprises defensive structures dating to the post-medieval period, reflecting the military engineering and settlement patterns of early modern Ireland. The monument consists of a castle with associated enclosure works, representing the type of fortified residence or garrison installation constructed during the period of English colonial consolidation in Ulster. Such fortifications were strategically important to the control and administration of the region during the sixteenth and seventeenth centuries.
Castle and enclosure is a scheduled monument protected by Department for Communities NI under reference 5278. View the official record →
Castle and enclosure is a post-medieval fortification located in Armagh, Northern Ireland. It is designated a Scheduled Ancient Monument by DfC Northern Ireland (NISMR) under reference 5278.
Castle and enclosure 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.
Castle and enclosure 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 5278.
Several scheduled monuments lie within 10 km, including Ballytyrone fort. rath (2 km), Lough gall. crannog in lough gall (2.1 km), Rath (4.6 km).
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