
What is recorded here
Bangor Castle was built in the late 12th or early 13th century by the Anglo-Norman settlers in the aftermath of the Harrying of the North. It is remembered as a strategic stronghold in the expansion of Norman influence into Ulster.
Places near here
Town HallTown Hall · 38 yd
AUGUSTINIAN ABBEY : MALACHY'S WALL; BANGOR ABBEY in Corporation (bangor)AUGUSTINIAN ABBEY : MALACHY'S WALL; BANGOR ABBEY · 359 yd
CROSS: CROSS HILL in Corporation (bangor)CROSS: CROSS HILL · 436 yd
Bangor CenotaphMonument · 680 yd
North Down Coastal PathVisitor information · 888 yd
Skippingstone BeachBeach / strand · 1411 yd
Brompton BayBeach / strand · 1.0 mi
Stricklands GlenWood · 1.1 mi
Kilcooley WoodWood · 1.4 mi
Crawfordsburn Country ParkVisitor information · 2.0 miOther information
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