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Pigeon Hill is a castle site consisting of a mound and foundation remains, located near Strabane in County Tyrone. The monument sits upon bedrock of the Argyll Group, quartzite deposits laid down during the Neoproterozoic era, which would have provided a naturally hard, defensible base for construction. The uncertain mound characteristic of the site suggests that whilst earthwork fortification is evident, its original form and extent require careful interpretation, as subsequent land use and erosion may have obscured its initial design. The surviving masonry foundations indicate a structure built in stone, typical of medieval castle construction in Ulster. The monument is protected by the Historic Environment Division of the Department for Communities under reference number 14266, recognising its significance as a record of medieval settlement and lordship in the Strabane locality. The site contributes to understanding the pattern of fortified places established across Ulster during the medieval period.
Pigeon hill. castle site (mound & foundation) is a scheduled monument protected by Department for Communities NI under reference 14266. View the official record →
Pigeon Hill is a castle site consisting of a mound and foundation remains, located near Strabane in County Tyrone. It is designated a Scheduled Ancient Monument by DfC Northern Ireland (NISMR) under reference 14266.
Pigeon hill. castle site (mound & foundation) dates from the uncertain period, and is classified as a mound. It is one of over 32,000 scheduled monuments protected across the UK.
Pigeon hill. castle site (mound & foundation) 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 14266.
Several scheduled monuments lie within 10 km, including Wedge tomb (3.3 km), Chambered grave, cloghogle. court tomb (3.4 km), Ballyrenan chambered grave, cloghogle. portal tomb (4 km).
This page is just one thread. A full Aubrey report pulls together 14 strands of Pigeon hill. castle site (mound & foundation)'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.
Pigeon hill. castle site (mound & foundation) stands on Argyll Group, bedrock that formed in the Neoproterozoic. The rock here is quartzite.