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Castle Baldwin

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Castle Baldwin stands in County Sligo, a name dropped into the landscape like a stone into dark water. Whether it guarded a road, a family or a secret, the castle keeps that edge sharp. Sligo gives it rain, distance and time, while Baldwin gives it a voice human enough to be remembered.
Castle Baldwin is recorded as a castle in County Sligo. Its open map record supplies this location and any linked names or public references.
Built by the Anglo-Norman knight Baldwin de Grenon in the late 13th century, Castle Baldwin is remembered as a key defensive structure during the Norman colonization of Connacht. It is also notable as the site of a significant 13th-century massacre of Norman settlers.

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