Strangford Castle

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Strangford Castle in August 2009

Strangford Castle ( Irish Caisleán Bhaile Loch Cuan ) is a castle at a height above the harbor of the village of Strangford ( Baile Loch Cuan ) in County Down, Northern Ireland . It is located on Strangford Lough ( Loch Cuan ) across from Portaferry Castle . It was probably originally built in the 15th century, but most of the building that remains today dates from the end of the 16th century. The residential tower is a State Care Historic Monument in the townland of Strangford Lower in the District of Newry, Morne and Down . Her popularity has grown since she was used as a film set for the television show Game of Thrones under the well-known Winterfell name .

construction

Strangford Castle is a small residential tower from the end of the 16th century, but has a bricked-up door in the 15th century style on the first floor. So it is presumably the conversion of an earlier residential tower. Today's entrance in the north-east wall is a reconstruction , the location of which was determined by the machiculi between two consoles and the inclusion of a bolt that secured the original door. The first entrance was probably on the first floor. It is a small, three-story residential tower without vaults or stone stairs. There is an oven on the 1st floor. The room on the ground floor is only through small loopholes exposed. On the roof there are very beautiful battlements , also with loopholes. The original ceilings, like their current reconstructions, were made of wood.

Gallery images

  • Strangford Castle in August 2009

  • Strangford Castle in August 2009

  • Strangford Castle in August 2009

Individual evidence

  1. ^ A b Department of the Environment for Northern Ireland {: Historic Monuments of Northern Ireland . Her Majesty's Stationary Office, Belfast 1983. pp. 96-97.
  2. ^ Strangford 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 27, 2015. @1@ 2Template: Webachiv / IABot / www.ehsni.gov.uk
  3. ↑ P. Harbinson: Guide to National and Historic Monuments of Ireland . Gill & Macmillan, Dublin 1992. p. 122.

Web links

Commons : Strangford Castle  - collection of pictures, videos and audio files

Coordinates: 54 ° 22 ′ 18.5 ″  N , 5 ° 33 ′ 19.1 ″  W.