What is recorded here

Magentis Castle stands in Drumnahare, County Down, a medieval fortification marked only by a single point on an official map. The stone walls have vanished, leaving behind a ghost of a building that once defended a valley now lost to time. What remains is a coordinate, a name, and the shape of a room no longer visible.

The official Northern Ireland record identifies this as FORTIFICATION: MAGENNIS CASTLE. Recorded period: MEDIEVAL. The official map point was placed at the centre of the recorded archaeological site from the source map reference.

Built by the MacQuillans, a Gaelic clan, in the 15th century, Magennis Castle is important as a medieval defensive structure reflecting the strategic landscape of Ulster during the late Gaelic period.

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