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Crom Castle is a post-medieval fortification located in County Fermanagh, Northern Ireland, constructed during the seventeenth century as a defensive structure by the English planter class. The castle represents the period of consolidation following the Flight of the Earls and the Ulster Plantation, serving as both residence and stronghold for its occupants. The structure exemplifies the architectural conventions of early modern fortified houses, adapted to the needs of settler colonists establishing control over newly acquired Irish lands. The site, now in the care of the National Trust, preserves important evidence of post-medieval settlement patterns and the material culture of the plantation period in Ulster.
Crom castle, crom old castle. castle & garden is a scheduled monument protected by Department for Communities NI under reference 11231. View the official record →
Crom Castle is a post-medieval fortification located in County Fermanagh, Northern Ireland, constructed during the seventeenth century as a defensive structure by the English planter class. It is designated a Scheduled Ancient Monument by DfC Northern Ireland (NISMR) under reference 11231.
Crom castle, crom old castle. castle & garden 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.
Crom castle, crom old castle. castle & garden 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 11231.
Several scheduled monuments lie within 10 km, including Rath (2.2 km), C6th monastery, multiperiod church site , graveyard, two-cross shafts & bases (2.8 km), Castle (3 km).
This page is just one thread. A full Aubrey report pulls together 14 strands of Crom castle, crom old castle. castle & garden's history, each drawn from the record and mapped to the exact spot:
Every location is different. Not every section appears for every place, only what the historical record actually holds turns up in a report.
Crom castle, crom old castle. castle & garden stands on Tyrone Group, bedrock that formed in the Visean. The rock here is limestone, mudstone, sandstone and siltstone, with subordinate chert, coal and conglomerate.