Historic Settlement Castlewellan in Castlewellan

The official Northern Ireland record identifies this as Historic Settlement Castlewellan. Recorded period: POST-MED. The official map point was placed at the centre of the recorded archaeological site from the source map reference.

Castlewellan Castle, located in County Down, was built in the early 18th century by the Hill family, who were prominent landowners in the area. It is important as a fine example of early Georgian architecture and as the ancestral home of the Earls of Down and Kilmore.