Castles and forts in County Armagh

The Discover Alone map has 34 castles and forts in County Armagh, Ireland. Below are the 34 with the most written about them, pictures first. Every one has its own page with directions and places nearby.

• TOWER-HOUSE: TANDRAGEE CASTLE, TONREGUE in TanderageeTOWER-HOUSE: TANDRAGEE CASTLE, TONREGUETanderagee Castle stands in County Armagh as a post-medieval tower house, its exact building date still uncertain but…
• The Black Castle Chambered GraveArchaeological placeMnemo remembers the black castle chambered grave in County Armagh as a place where human life may have turned soil…
• Killeavy CastleCastleKilleavy Castle rose on Slieve Gullion in 1836 when George Papworth transformed a modest lodge into a tower-studded…
• Gosford CastleCastleGosford Castle is a huge Norman revival house in County Armagh, built for the Acheson family and said to be Ulster's…
• CASTLE: GOSFORD CASTLE in Gosford DemesneCASTLE: GOSFORD CASTLEGosford Castle stood within Gosford Demesne during the seventeenth century, marking a powerful presence in County…
• CASTLE & BAWN: MOYRY or MOIRY CASTLE in CarrickbroadCASTLE & BAWN: MOYRY or MOIRY CASTLEMoyry Castle stands in Carrickbroad, County Armagh, preserving a late medieval structure that still carries the weight…
• Golf 30FortGolf 30 is a fort in County Armagh, Ireland. Perhaps the observation tower watched for invaders or measured storms.…
• WALLED GARDEN: DRUMILLY BAWN in BallytyroneWALLED GARDEN: DRUMILLY BAWNDrumilly Bawn in Ballytyrone is a walled garden where nineteenth-century hands shaped soil into a visible room for…
• Ruins of Clare CastleRuinsClare Castle in County Armagh, Ireland stands as ruined walls rather than a complete building, inviting imagination…
• Richhill Fortified House in Rich Hill OR LegacorryRichhill Fortified HouseRichhill Fortified House stood in County Armagh during the seventeenth century, a rare surviving shape from a violent…
• RATH & BAWN: CASTLE DILLON HOUSE (unlocated) in TurcarraRATH & BAWN: CASTLE DILLON HOUSE (unlocated)Castle Dillon House rises from Turcarra as a lost seventeenth-century shadow, its rath and bawn still drawing breath…
• MULTIPERIOD CHURCH & GRAVEYARD, BAWN, 4 HOLY WELLS & CONVENT: MAGHERIEHELIN, YLLAGH, CONVENT OF MERCY in MaghernahelyMULTIPERIOD CHURCH & GRAVEYARD, BAWN, 4 HOLY WELLS & CONVENT: MAGHERIEHELIN, YLLAGH, CONVENT OF MERCYFour holy wells still give water beside the ruined convent and graveyard, feeding a place where mercy was practiced…
• Mount CaulfieldCastleMount Caulfield stands as a castle in County Armagh, though no tower or wall remains visible to judge its height or…
• HOUSE & BAWN: WOODVILLE HOUSE in DougherHOUSE & BAWN: WOODVILLE HOUSEWoodville House stands in Dougher, County Armagh, beside a bawn that has watched the land since Neolithic footsteps…
• HOUSE & BAWN: DRUMBANAGHER HOUSE in KillybodaghHOUSE & BAWN: DRUMBANAGHER HOUSEDrubanagher House stood in Killybodagh during the post-medieval and seventeenth-century periods, preserving the shape…
• HOUSE & BAWN: BALLYNEVORAN (unlocated) in GarvaghyHOUSE & BAWN: BALLYNEVORAN (unlocated)Ballynevoran is an unlocated post-medieval house and bawn in Garvaghy, County Armagh. Its exact position has been lost…
• Hockley LodgeCastleHockley Lodge stands as a castle in County Armagh, yet no human memory has touched its walls or explained why it was…
• Golf 20FortGolf 20 is a fort in County Armagh, Ireland. Perhaps the observation tower watched for storms or soldiers, its silence…
• FORTIFICATION: CLARE CASTLE in ClareFORTIFICATION: CLARE CASTLEClare Castle stood in County Armagh during the seventeenth century, its stones built to control the surrounding land.…
• COURT TOMB: THE BLACK CASTLE in AnnaghmareCOURT TOMB: THE BLACK CASTLEAnnaghmare still holds the Black Castle, a Neolithic court tomb where ancient hands shaped stone long before written…
• CASTLE: ARDGONNELL CASTLE (destroyed) in ArdgonnellCASTLE: ARDGONNELL CASTLE (destroyed)Ardgonnell Castle fell into destruction during the seventeenth century, leaving behind only a buried shadow in County…
• CASTLE AND ENCLOSURE: CASTLERAW in CastlerawCASTLE AND ENCLOSURE: CASTLERAWCastleraw stands in County Armagh as a scheduled castle and enclosure from the post-medieval and seventeenth-century…
• BAWN (unlocated) in TeemoreBAWN (unlocated)No visible trace remains, only a coordinate floating above ordinary ground. That absence is the feature: a bawn may…
• BAWN: ROWANTREES HILL in MulladryBAWN: ROWANTREES HILLRowantrees Hill stands in Mulladry as a post-medieval bawn, its earthworks shaping the county landscape since the…
• BAWN: KILLEEN HOUSE in KilleenBAWN: KILLEEN HOUSEKilleen House stands in County Armagh as a post-medieval bawn from the seventeenth century, its boundary stones still…
• BAWN in BrannockBAWNBrannock still holds a bawn, a fortified enclosure born in the post-medieval era when people needed walls against…
• BAWN: HAMILTON'S BAWN in HamiltonsbawnBAWN: HAMILTON'S BAWNHamilton's Bawn stands in County Armagh as a post-medieval boundary marker from the seventeenth century. It is not a…
• BAWN: GOSFORD BAWN in CarricklaneBAWN: GOSFORD BAWNGosford Bawn stands in Carricklane, County Armagh, a seventeenth-century fortification marked only by a point on an…
• TOWER-HOUSE & BAWN: GLASDRUMMAN CASTLE in GlasdrummanTOWER-HOUSE & BAWN: GLASDRUMMAN CASTLEGlasdrumman Castle rose in County Armagh during the late medieval period, its tower house and bawn built to control the…
• MEDIEVAL SETTLEMENT SITE: CASTLE ST./THOMAS ST. in CorporationMEDIEVAL SETTLEMENT SITE: CASTLE ST./THOMAS ST.The official Northern Ireland record identifies this as MEDIEVAL SETTLEMENT SITE: CASTLE ST./THOMAS ST.. Recorded…
• Tayto CastleCastleTayto Castle is a castle in County Armagh, Ireland. Perhaps its stones still hold the shape of hands that built them.…
• FORTIFIED HOUSE: DUNEGLISH & ?SEAGOE HOUSE in LisniskyFORTIFIED HOUSE: DUNEGLISH & ?SEAGOE HOUSEThe official Northern Ireland record identifies this as FORTIFIED HOUSE: DUNEGLISH & ?SEAGOE HOUSE. Recorded period…
• CASTLE in MaghonCASTLEManghon castle stands in County Armagh as a post-medieval ruin, its stones reduced to a low ridge above the farm land.…
• BAWN & SETTLEMENT SITE in LoughgallBAWN & SETTLEMENT SITEMud and stones still hold the shape of a post-medieval home in Loughgall. A bawn enclosed the yard where people lived…

Other kinds of place in County Armagh

• Archaeology and monuments
• Things to do
• Memorials and graveyards
• Historic places
• Viewpoints and information
• Walking routes
• Woods, forests and old trees
• Wrecks and historic events
• Mountains and hills
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