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Old Court Tower is a post-medieval tower located in County Down, Northern Ireland. The structure dates to the early modern period and represents a form of defensive or residential architecture characteristic of the sixteenth or seventeenth century. As a tower of post-medieval date, it would have functioned either as a fortified residence or as part of a larger defensive settlement during a period of significant social and military change in Ulster. The monument is recorded in the Northern Ireland Sites and Monuments Record under reference HED NI NISMR MonID 7640.
Old court. tower is a scheduled monument protected by Department for Communities NI under reference 7640. View the official record →
Old Court Tower is a post-medieval tower located in County Down, Northern Ireland. It is designated a Scheduled Ancient Monument by DfC Northern Ireland (NISMR) under reference 7640.
Old court. tower dates from the post-med period, and is classified as a tower. It is one of over 32,000 scheduled monuments protected across the UK.
Old court. tower 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 7640.
Several scheduled monuments lie within 10 km, including Navigation pillar (3 km), Cup-&-ring-marked stone (3.3 km), Motte (3.9 km).
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