Clough Castle
Clough Castle is a round Anglo-cambrische or Anglo-Norman Motte with a kidney-shaped bailey ( english bailey ) at Clough in County Down in Northern Ireland . It was created during the Anglo-Norman conquest of the north of Ireland , before or during the reign of King John Ohneland (1199-1216). Today it is near the roundabout from which the A 25 and A 24 exit.
On the almost eight meter high artificial mound, on which originally a tower with a wooden palisade stood, a residential tower as well as a stone house and a hall were built in the 15th century on the outskirts, but they soon burned down because of their thatched roof. The moth is surrounded by a moat about two meters deep. The Motte and the outer bailey were probably connected by a wooden bridge.
Clough Castle was used to protect the access to the Lecale Peninsula. John de Courcy and his successors made it together with the southwestern Dundrum Castle to the military sentry post on Dundrum Bay, which acted as a supply port for the troops during the conquest of Ireland. Little is known about the history of the moth.
- Clough Castle
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literature
- Department of the Environment for Northern Ireland (Ed.): Historic Monuments of Northern Ireland: An Introduction and Guide . Belfast 1987, p. 42 ISBN 0-337-08180-8
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Coordinates: 54 ° 17'25.4 " N , 5 ° 49'56.3" W.