Castle Caulfield
Castle Caulfield is the ruin of a manor house in the village of Castlecaulfield ( Irish Baile Uí Dhonnaíle ) in County Tyrone, Northern Ireland . Castle Caulfield regarded as State Care Historic Monument in Town Country of Lisnamonaghan in District Mid Ulster .
history
The house was built for Sir Toby Caulfeild between 1611 and 1619 on the site of an older O'Donnelly castle. It burned down during the Irish Rebellion in 1641, but was rebuilt in the 1660s by the Caulfeilds, who lived there until around 1700. Oliver Plunkett is said to have said mass in the fortified house in 1670, but it was already in ruins when John Wesley preached there in 1767.
construction
The building was U-shaped, three stories high, with an additional attic, ajimez windows and tall chimneys. A layer of beams from one of the walls was dated to around 1282 with the help of dendrochronology and could have belonged to an earlier fort. There are still extensive remains of the castle today. The oldest part of the buildings still preserved today is a gatehouse with passages in the Tudor style , Meurtrières and loopholes. The Caulfeilds coat of arms is visible above the entrance.
Individual evidence
- ^ Castle Caulfield . In: Environment and Heritage Service NI - State Care Historic Monuments . Archived from the original on July 22, 2012. Info: The archive link was automatically inserted and not yet checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. Retrieved October 12, 2015.
- ↑ Toby Caulfeild, 1st Lord Caulfeild, Baron of Charlemont on thepeerage.com , accessed September 13, 2016.
- ↑ a b c d Castle Caulfield, County Tyrone . In: Irelandseye.com . Retrieved October 12, 2015.
Coordinates: 54 ° 30 ′ 21.6 ″ N , 6 ° 50 ′ 6 ″ W.