Scheduled MonumentsNorthern IrelandOmaghTrillick castle. c17th defended house & bawn
POST-MED · FORTIFICATION

Trillick castle. c17th defended house & bawn

Omagh, Northern Ireland
NISMR MonID 15385
Period
POST-MED
Site type
FORTIFICATION
Nation
Northern Ireland
Boundary

Scheduled area

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Overview

History & significance

Trillick Castle is a seventeenth-century defended house and bawn located near Omagh in County Tyrone, Northern Ireland. The structure comprises a residential building fortified within a defensive enclosure, representing the characteristic form of settler plantation architecture developed during the early modern period in Ulster. Such defended houses with bawns were constructed by English and Scottish planters to provide both domestic accommodation and protection against local resistance to colonisation. The site exemplifies the militarised domestic architecture deployed across the Ulster Plantation region during the seventeenth century.

Trillick castle. c17th defended house & bawn is a scheduled monument protected by Department for Communities NI under reference 15385. View the official record →

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Questions & answers

What is Trillick castle. c17th defended house & bawn?

Trillick Castle is a seventeenth-century defended house and bawn located near Omagh in County Tyrone, Northern Ireland. It is designated a Scheduled Ancient Monument by DfC Northern Ireland (NISMR) under reference 15385.

What period does Trillick castle. c17th defended house & bawn date from?

Trillick castle. c17th defended house & bawn 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.

Who is responsible for protecting Trillick castle. c17th defended house & bawn?

Trillick castle. c17th defended house & bawn 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 15385.

What other scheduled monuments are near Trillick castle. c17th defended house & bawn?

Several scheduled monuments lie within 10 km, including Crockroe. large hilltop enclosure (4.3 km), Kilknock old burial ground. wedge tomb (5 km), Three standing stones (5.1 km).

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