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Dromore Castle is a tower-house and post-medieval fortification located in Banbridge, County Down, Northern Ireland. The structure dates to the post-medieval period and represents the domestic and defensive architecture characteristic of Irish landholdings during this era. As a tower-house, it would have served both residential and protective functions for its occupants, typical of fortified dwellings constructed by Anglo-Norman and Anglo-Irish families seeking to maintain control over their territories. The monument is officially registered with the Northern Ireland's Heritage and Monuments Service under the National Inventory of Structural Monuments Record, reference number 7096.
Dromore castle. tower-house is a scheduled monument protected by Department for Communities NI under reference 7096. View the official record →
Dromore Castle is a tower-house and post-medieval fortification located in Banbridge, County Down, Northern Ireland. It is designated a Scheduled Ancient Monument by DfC Northern Ireland (NISMR) under reference 7096.
Dromore castle. tower-house 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.
Dromore castle. 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 7096.
Several scheduled monuments lie within 10 km, including Rath (2.8 km), Platform rath? (3.3 km), Cromie's fort. rath (4.6 km).
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