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C18TH · DESIGNED LANDSCAPE

Castle ward, temple water. designed landscape

Down, Northern Ireland
NISMR MonID 7638
Period
C18TH
Site type
DESIGNED LANDSCAPE
Nation
Northern Ireland
The designation
Reference
NISMR MonID 7638
Authority
DfC Northern Ireland (NISMR)
Grid reference
J5730050100
Boundary

Scheduled area

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Overview

History & significance

Castle Ward is a eighteenth-century designed landscape situated in County Down, Northern Ireland, encompassing the grounds and gardens associated with Castle Ward house. The landscape reflects the aesthetic principles of the Georgian era, integrating formal and picturesque elements typical of aristocratic estates of the period. The estate occupies a prominent position overlooking Strangford Lough, and its design incorporates both architectural features and carefully composed natural vistas that demonstrate the landowner's wealth and refined taste. The designed landscape remains significant as an example of eighteenth-century Irish estate development, preserving evidence of the horticultural and architectural ambitions of its original patrons.

Castle ward, temple water. designed landscape is a scheduled monument protected by Department for Communities NI under reference 7638. View the official record →

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Questions & answers

What is Castle ward, temple water. designed landscape?

Castle Ward is a eighteenth-century designed landscape situated in County Down, Northern Ireland, encompassing the grounds and gardens associated with Castle Ward house. It is designated a Scheduled Ancient Monument by DfC Northern Ireland (NISMR) under reference 7638.

What period does Castle ward, temple water. designed landscape date from?

Castle ward, temple water. designed landscape dates from the c18th period, and is classified as a designed landscape. It is one of over 32,000 scheduled monuments protected across the UK.

Who is responsible for protecting Castle ward, temple water. designed landscape?

Castle ward, temple water. designed landscape 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 7638.

What other scheduled monuments are near Castle ward, temple water. designed landscape?

Several scheduled monuments lie within 10 km, including Navigation pillar (3.3 km), Stone circle, pit & cist with cremation burial (3.8 km), Motte (4.6 km).

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Overview
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Monuments
The legally protected scheduled monuments around the location, each with its period, type and significance.
Battlefields
The battles and sieges fought on this ground, mapped and set on a timeline of the wider conflict.
Roman World
Ireland was never conquered by Rome, so this traces the island's Iron Age kingdoms and its contact with the Roman world.
Historic Records
The 19th-century records of this place: valuations, Ordnance Survey memoirs and topographical accounts.
Civil War
The Civil War fighting, garrisons and recorded militaria in this area, woven into the arc of 1642 to 1651.
Geology
The bedrock beneath the site, its age and rock type, reaching back hundreds of millions of years.
Local Names
What the street and field names around here actually mean, and the history buried inside them.
Historical Maps
Ordnance Survey maps from the 1800s, layered over the location as it stands today.
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Nearby

Other scheduled monuments within 10 km

Navigation pillar
C19TH · NAVIGATION PILLAR3.3 km
Stone circle, pit & cist with cremation burial
NEOLITHIC · STONE CIRCLE3.8 km
Motte
MEDIEVAL · MOTTE4.6 km
Raised rath
E.CHRIST. · RATH4.6 km
The long stone. standing stone
LATE NEO · STANDING STONE4.7 km
Anglo-norman coffin lids (2) (in c. of i. church) & site of medieval church
MEDIEVAL · ECCLESIASTICAL SITE5 km
Loughmoney dolmen. portal tomb
NEOLITHIC · MEGALITHIC TOMB5 km
Raised rath
E.CHRIST. · RATH5.2 km
The ground beneath

The bedrock under Castle ward, temple water. designed landscape

Castle ward, temple water. designed landscape stands on Hawick Group, bedrock that formed in the Wenlock. The rock here is wacke.

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