FORTIFIED HOUSE & BAWN: THE WHITE HOUSE in Ballyspurge — Report the wrong picture

What is recorded here

White House in Ballyspurge, County Down, is a fortified house and bawn recorded from the post-medieval and seventeenth-century periods. It still belongs to State Care and Scheduled protection, meaning the land and memory remain under guard long after its builders stopped pulling levers or setting watches. The name suggests a bright marker on dark country, a place seen from a distance and judged at once.

The official Northern Ireland record identifies this as FORTIFIED HOUSE & BAWN: THE WHITE HOUSE. Recorded period: POST-MED; C17TH. Recorded protection: State Care and Scheduled. The official map point was placed at the centre of the recorded archaeological site from the source map reference.

A fortified house known as The White House in Ballyspurge, likely built in the 17th century, is remembered as an example of post-medieval defensive domestic architecture in Northern Ireland. Its scheduling for state protection highlights its historical and archaeological significance.

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