MOTTE & BAILEY AND TOWER-HOUSE: CLOUGH CASTLE in Clough — Report the wrong picture

What is recorded here

Clough Castle in County Down, Ireland, is a medieval motte and bailey later joined by a tower-house, still visible beneath its proposed scheduled protection. The earthen mound may have shaken during storms, but the stone tower resisted time, witnessing local life long after the wooden defenses rotted.

The official Northern Ireland record identifies this as MOTTE & BAILEY AND TOWER-HOUSE: CLOUGH CASTLE. Recorded period: MEDIEVAL; MED/L.MED. Recorded protection: State Care with Proposed Scheduled Area. The official map point was placed at the centre of the recorded archaeological site from the source map reference.

Built during the medieval period, likely by a local Anglo-Norman lord or garrison in the 12th or 13th century, Clough Castle is remembered as a rare and well-preserved example of a combined motte-and-bailey and tower-house structure in Northern Ireland, reflecting early medieval military architecture and settlement patterns in the region.

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