Moyry Castle
Moyry Castle ( Irish Bealach an Mhaighre ) is a castle in County Armagh in Northern Ireland . Charles Blount, 1st Earl of Devonshire and 8th Baron Mountjoy had it built in 1601 to secure the Moyry Pass ( Bealach an Mhaighre , the Gap to the North ). A small rectangular residential tower with three storeys sits at the corner of a small Bawn ( curtain wall ).
Moyry Castle is a State Care Historic Monument in Town Country of Carrick Broad in District Newry, Morne and Down .
Individual evidence
- ^ Moyry Castle . 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 21, 2015.
Web links
Commons : Moyry Castle - collection of pictures, videos and audio files
Coordinates: 54 ° 4 ′ 13 ″ N , 6 ° 23 ′ 7 ″ W.