What is recorded here
Glasdrumman Castle rose in County Armagh during the late medieval period, its tower house and bawn built to control the surrounding land. The stones may have shaken during violent storms or held warm during long winters, though no written account survives to confirm which.
The official Northern Ireland record identifies this as TOWER-HOUSE & BAWN: GLASDRUMMAN CASTLE. Recorded period: LATE-MED. The official map point was placed at the centre of the recorded archaeological site from the source map reference.
Glasdrumman Castle is a medieval tower house and bawn, likely built by a local Gaelic or Anglo-Irish lord in the late medieval period, probably between the 14th and 16th centuries. It is remembered as an example of defensive domestic architecture in Ulster during a time of political and territorial conflict.
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- What survives
- Recorded monument
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