Kirkistown Castle

Kirkistown Castle

Kirkistown Castle is a castle situated near Cloghy, County Down, Northern Ireland. It is an impressive tower house built in 1622 by Roland Savage. It post-dates the Plantation but is fully in the late medieval tower-house tradition. Parts of the bawn well survive with three-quarter round flanker towers at the angles. The tower was remodelled in gothic style in 1800. The Environment and Heritage Service opened it to the public for the first time in 2001.

Kirkistown Castle tower house and bawn is a State Care Historic Monument in the townland of Kirkistown, in Ards Borough Council area, at grid ref: J6450 5800. [cite web | title=Kirkistown Castle | work=Environment and Heritage Service NI - State Care Historic Monuments | url=http://www.ehsni.gov.uk/state_care_monuments_2007.pdf | accessdate=2007-12-04]

See also

*Castles in Northern Ireland

References


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