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Castle Robin is a seventeenth-century fortified house situated near an earlier medieval motte and bailey fortification in the townland of Lisburn, County Antrim, Northern Ireland. The house represents the transition from medieval defensive architecture to early modern fortified domestic building, constructed during a period of significant plantation settlement and colonial expansion in Ulster. Its proximity to the pre-existing motte and bailey indicates continuity of settlement and strategic occupation at this location across more than four centuries. The site demonstrates the archaeological layering of fortification types characteristic of areas subject to successive waves of military and domestic investment.
Castle robin. c17th fortified house built near motte & bailey is a scheduled monument protected by Department for Communities NI under reference 4968. View the official record →
Castle Robin is a seventeenth-century fortified house situated near an earlier medieval motte and bailey fortification in the townland of Lisburn, County Antrim, Northern Ireland. It is designated a Scheduled Ancient Monument by DfC Northern Ireland (NISMR) under reference 4968.
Castle robin. c17th fortified house built near motte & bailey dates from the medieval period, and is classified as a fortification. It is one of over 32,000 scheduled monuments protected across the UK.
Castle robin. c17th fortified house built near motte & bailey 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 4968.
Several scheduled monuments lie within 10 km, including Lime kilns (5no. associated with knocknadona quarry (3.3 km), Barrow (4.7 km), Lisburn castle, castle gardens, lisnagarvey. castle later artillery fort (site of) & gate (4.7 km).
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