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Bangor Castle

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Bangor Castle
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Bangor Castle was built in the late 12th or early 13th century by the Anglo-Norman settlers in the aftermath of the Harrying of the North. It is remembered as a strategic stronghold in the expansion of Norman influence into Ulster.

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Bangor Castle is recorded as a castle in County Down. Its open map record supplies this location and any linked names or public references.

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