What is recorded here

Portora Castle stands in County Fermanagh as a seventeenth-century house and bawn, still marked on official maps and held in state care. Its stones may have shaken during sudden storms or warmed beside hearths when families gathered after dark. The castle has watched the land change around it, keeping its shape while ordinary life came and went.

The official Northern Ireland record identifies this as C17th HOUSE & BAWN: PORTORA CASTLE. Recorded period: C17TH. Recorded protection: State Care. The official map point was placed at the centre of the recorded archaeological site from the source map reference.

Portora Castle, a 17th-century house and bawn, was likely built by the Maginnis family, who were prominent Gaelic lords in the area. It is remembered for its historical association with the Maginnis of Farney and as an example of early plantation-era architecture in Ulster.

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