Jordan's Castle
The ruins of Jordan's Castle stand on the harbor at Ardglass in County Down in Northern Ireland . Jordan's Castle stands out from a group of seven tower houses , which are still four today , which are the main features of the cityscape. Ardglass was an important port in the Anglo-Norman Ulster .
The first tower house, allegedly built by John de Courcy after the Anglo-Norman conquest , is said to have been the inn of King John I in 1210 during the campaign against Hugh de Lacy . The castles at the ports of Carrickfergus in County Antrim and Dundrum in County Down can be safely assigned to him. Simon Jordan, a member of the tower-owned merchant family, was besieged by the O'Neills for three years during the Tyrone Rising led by Aodh Mór Ó Néill, 2nd Earl of Tyrone , until he was appalled by Lord Mountjoy in 1601 .
In today's state Jordan's Castle shows, as an about 1450 built four-story, built from sandstone tower house, with projecting stair and Latrinentürmchen on the north side and machicolated (engl. Machicolation) therebetween. It was acquired by the antique collector Francis Josef Biggar in 1911 and more or less fully restored.
There are still the castles and remains of Ardglass, Cowd and Margaret's Castle in the village.
Web links
- Description Engl. (PDF; 99 kB)
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Coordinates: 54 ° 15 ′ 44 " N , 5 ° 36 ′ 23" W.