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Sketrick Castle

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record the capture of the castle in 1470 by an army led by the O'Neill to assist the MacQuillans. They took the castle and it was given to MacQuillan for safe keeping. It was intact until 1896 when a storm demolished much of it.
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Sketrick Castle was originally 57 ft high, 51 ft long and 27 ft wide, four storeys high, with a boat bay and a stone subterranean passage discovered in 1957. It has
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The castle dates from the late 12th century. In the 14th century it was acquired by Sir Robert Savage. The
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over a fresh water spring. Parts of the bawn wall still survive to the north and east of the castle.
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Whiterock
County Down
Northern Ireland
townland
Ards and North Down Borough
Annals of the Four Masters
lintels
bawn
corbel
Castles in Northern Ireland
"Sketrick Castle"
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"Sketrick Castle"
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"Sketrick Castle"
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"Sketrick Castle"
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Northern Irish castle
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