What is recorded here
No wall, gate or chamber survives to mark the castle in Saul. The name floats above County Down like a rumor, neither proven nor dismissed, waiting for soil and stone to give it shape. What is certain is the absence: a castle recorded but never placed, present in language and absent from the ground.
The official Northern Ireland record identifies this as CASTLE (unlocated). Recorded period: UNCERTAIN; LATE-MED. The official map point was placed at the centre of the recorded archaeological site from the source map reference.
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- What survives
- Recorded monument
Places near here
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ENCLOSURE? possibly natural in BallintogherENCLOSURE? possibly natural · 1.3 mi
Quoile BridgeBridge · 1.3 mi
CHURCH, HOLY WELLS & BATH HOUSES: STRUELL WELLS in StruellCHURCH, HOLY WELLS & BATH HOUSES: STRUELL WELLS · 1.4 mi
Ringmore BayBay · 1.4 mi
Portulla WoodWood · 1.5 mi
Ringmore PointHeadland · 1.5 mi
Downshire Hospital Highway to HealthWalking route · 1.5 miOther information
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