Northburgh Castle
| Northburgh Castle | ||
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 Ruins of Northburgh Castle |
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| Alternative name (s): | Green Castle, An Caisleán Nua |
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| Creation time : | 1305 | |
| Castle type : | Niederungsburg | |
| Conservation status: | ruin | |
| Standing position : | Irish nobility | |
| Construction: | Quarry stone | |
| Place: | Greencastle | |
| Geographical location | 55 ° 12 '19.4 " N , 6 ° 58' 30.3" W | |
| Height: | 6 m ASLTemplate: height / unknown reference | |
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North Burgh Castle (also Greencastle , Irish An Caisleán Nua , "the new castle") is the ruin of a lowland castle from the 14th century near the village of Greencastle in Ireland's County Donegal .
history
The castle was built in 1305 by Richard Og de Burgh, 2nd Earl of Ulster . It was used to control Lough Foyle ; In 1316 it was taken by Edward Bruce . Walter Liath de Burgh was imprisoned at Northburgh Castle in 1328 by his cousin William de Burgh, 3rd Earl of Ulster , and died of starvation in February 1332. William de Burgh's sister was found dead under the battlements. After the death of William de Burgh, Northburgh Castle became a fortress of the O'Doherty family .
The castle was severely damaged by cannon fire and was in ruins from the 17th century.
description
The archaeologist DM Waterman described the gatehouse of the complex as "the largest and most impressive building of its kind in Ireland".
literature
- Wolfgang Metternich: Castles in Ireland - rulership architecture in the high Middle Ages . Wissenschaftliche Buchgesellschaft, Darmstadt 1999, ISBN 3-534-13921-6 , pp. 213-215.
Web links and sources
- Castles of Ireland - Northburgh Castle. In: Britain-Ireland-Castles. BritainIrelandCastles.com, accessed October 8, 2018 .
Individual evidence
- ^ DM Waterman: Greencastle, Co. Donegal. In: Ulster Journal of Archeology. Issue 21, 1958, p. 85.