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Tullykelter Castle is a seventeenth-century fortified house situated in County Fermanagh, Northern Ireland. The building exemplifies the defensive domestic architecture that emerged during the period of English colonisation in Ulster, when landowners and settlers required structures capable of withstanding raids and civil unrest. Its fortified design reflects the practical concerns of householders in a region experiencing significant political turbulence.
The castle stands upon bedrock belonging to the Tyrone Group, a geological formation comprising limestone, mudstone, sandstone and siltstone interspersed with subordinate deposits of chert, coal and conglomerate. This varied strata would have influenced both the building's foundations and the local availability of stone for construction.
The monument is protected by the Historic Environment Division of the Department for Communities, registered under reference 9718. This designation recognises the archaeological and historical significance of seventeenth-century fortified architecture as evidence of settlement patterns and security concerns during a formative period in Ulster's colonial history.
Tullykelter castle. fortified house is a scheduled monument protected by Department for Communities NI under reference 9718. View the official record →
Tullykelter Castle is a seventeenth-century fortified house situated in County Fermanagh, Northern Ireland. It is designated a Scheduled Ancient Monument by DfC Northern Ireland (NISMR) under reference 9718.
Tullykelter castle. fortified house dates from the c17th period, and is classified as a fortification. It is one of over 32,000 scheduled monuments protected across the UK.
Tullykelter castle. fortified 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 9718.
Several scheduled monuments lie within 10 km, including Rath (5.7 km), Eagles' knoll cairn, giant's grave. passage tomb (6.7 km), Ring cairn (6.7 km).
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Tullykelter castle. fortified house 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.