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Castleboy is a fifteenth-century tower-house situated in the Ards Peninsula, County Down, Northern Ireland. The structure represents a common form of fortified domestic architecture erected by Anglo-Norman and Gaelic Irish landholders during the late medieval period, when such compact defensive residences provided both habitation and protection across the Ulster region. Tower-houses of this period typically comprised a vertical stone structure of several storeys, designed to accommodate a family household whilst offering strategic defensive capability. The monument survives as a significant example of late medieval fortification practice in the Ards, contributing to the broader archaeological record of fifteenth-century settlement and territorial control in Ulster.
Castleboy. tower-house is a scheduled monument protected by Department for Communities NI under reference 7293. View the official record →
Castleboy is a fifteenth-century tower-house situated in the Ards Peninsula, County Down, Northern Ireland. It is designated a Scheduled Ancient Monument by DfC Northern Ireland (NISMR) under reference 7293.
Castleboy. tower-house dates from the c15th period, and is classified as a fortification. It is one of over 32,000 scheduled monuments protected across the UK.
Castleboy. tower-house 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 7293.
Several scheduled monuments lie within 10 km, including Ballytrustan. medieval church & graveyard (5.9 km), Platform rath (6.1 km), Old court. tower (6.6 km).
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