Charlemont Fort
Charlemont Fort was a garrison fort in the village of Charlemont ( Irish Achadh an Dá Chora ) in County Armagh, Northern Ireland .
history
The fort was built in 1602 for Lord Mountjoy . In 1920 it was destroyed by fire and the only building still preserved today is the gatehouse . The name Charlemont is derived from Charles Blount's first name. The fort was on the Armagh bank of the River Blackwater and was garrisoned by 150 men under the command of Sir Toby Caulfeild , whose descendants named themselves after the place .
Charlemont Fortress proved of great strategic importance in the Irish Confederation Wars in the 1640s as it was one of the few fortresses in Ireland at the time. It was captured by Felim O'Neill's forces in 1641 and the Irish Confederate's Ulster Army held it for the entire 1640s. Eventually it was captured by Charles Coote after the garrison was reinforced by the New Model Army in the late 1650s , but hundreds of Coote's soldiers were killed in the attack. On February 14, 1858, the fort was given up as a garrison.
destruction
On July 30, 1920, a group of about 40 men captured the fort, which had been guarded by a keeper, and burned it down. The ruins were sold to a property developer in 1921. In 1920 the family likewise lost their magnificent Roxborough Castle in Dungannon .
Individual evidence
- ↑ a b c Charlemont Fort - a brief guide . Archived from the original on April 13, 2014. Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. Retrieved April 12, 2012.
- ↑ inthedistrict.com
Coordinates: 54 ° 26 ′ 52.8 " N , 6 ° 40 ′ 44.4" W.