Quoile Castle

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Quoile Castle
Near Downpatrick, County Down, Northern Ireland
Quoile Castle, geograph.jpg
TypeTower house
Site history
BuiltLate 16th century[1]
MaterialsSplit-stone rubble with sandstone dressing[1]

Quoile Castle is a castle situated 1.5 miles (2.4 km) from Downpatrick, County Down, Northern Ireland, just off the main road from Downpatrick to Strangford, on the east bank of the River Quoile. The castle was built during the 16th-century and was continuously used up to the 1700s.[2] Quoile Castle tower house is a State Care Historic Monument in the townland of Quoile, in Down District Council area, at grid ref: J4963 4701.[3]

Finds[]

In 1986, seven silver sixpence pieces dating from the time of Elizabeth I were found at the castle.[4]

Partially reconstructed West wall of Quoile Castle, Downpatrick

Gallery[]

  • Quoile Castle.JPG

  • Quoile Castle, October 2009

  • Information board, Quoile Castle, October 2009

  • Quoile Castle, October 2009

See also[]

  • List of castles in Northern Ireland

References[]

  1. ^ a b Logue, Ruth (2004). Monitoring Report: Quoile Castle, County Down (PDF) (Report). Centre for Archaeological Fieldwork, Queen's University Belfast. p. 3. Retrieved December 22, 2009.
  2. ^ Department of the Environment for Northern Ireland (1983). Historic Monuments of Northern Ireland. Belfast: HMSO. p. 107.
  3. ^ "Quoile Castle" (PDF). Environment and Heritage Service NI – State Care Historic Monuments. p. DOWN 4. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2012-07-22. Retrieved 2007-12-04.
  4. ^ Department of the Environment for Northern Ireland (1988). Pieces of the Past. Belfast: HMSO. p. 97.

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Coordinates: 54°20′58.3″N 5°41′59.48″W / 54.349528°N 5.6998556°W / 54.349528; -5.6998556

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