What is recorded here
A castle (KK010-119001-) is indicated on the Down Survey Parish map of Mothill (1655-6) in Corbetstown townland. The terrier accompanying the map records, ‘In Corbetstowne a Castle and Cabbins’, with the proprietor listed as ‘Walter Archer Fitz John Ir[ish] Pa[pis]t’. While the castle has been located to a farmyard in the townland, the precise location of the houses is unknown.
Compiled by: Jean Farrelly
Date of revised upload: 14 January 2019
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- What survives
- Recorded monument
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