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Castle in Behernagh

Castle, unclassified

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Located on top of high ground in upland area. Only a fragment of a circular tower possibly a corner tower of the bawn survives. No other features visible. Marked on Down Survey maps of 1654-7 as the 'stumpe of a castle' (NLI, MS 716).

From the National Monuments Service (Archaeological Survey of Ireland) record OF044-001001

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