What is recorded here

Beltrim Castle in County Tyrone is a post-medieval plantation castle and bawn. Whether it was a proud family home or a brutal tool of occupation depends on which chair you pull up to the table.

The official Northern Ireland record identifies this as PLANTATION CASTLE & BAWN: BELTRIM CASTLE. Recorded period: POST-MED. The official map point was placed at the centre of the recorded archaeological site from the source map reference.

Built by the MacCárthandúin (O'Carrigan) family in the 16th century, Beltrim Castle was later held by English planters during the 17th century. It is important as a surviving example of a medieval Irish tower house adapted during the Plantation period, reflecting the complex history of conflict and colonization in Ulster.

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