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  • Audley's Castle

    Topics:
    • Historic environment, 
    • Archaeology & Monuments

    Audleystown Road, Portloughan
    Downpatrick
    BT30 7LP
    United Kingdom

    Contact

    Phone: 028 9082 3207
    Email: scmenquiries@communities-ni.gov.uk
    Website: https://discovernorthernireland.com/things-to-do/audleys-castle-p707501

    Additional Information

    Open to the public: During opening hours (please check DiscoverNI website, charges may apply)
    Grid reference: J5781050580
    View on the Historic Environment Map Viewer
    SM number: DOW 031:006
    View details on the NI Sites & Monuments Record (NISMR)

    About Audley's Castle

    Audley’s Castle is named after its late 16th-century owners, the Audleys, an Anglo-Norman family who held land in the area in the 13th century. It was sold, with the surrounding estate, to the Ward family in 1646 and used in 1738 as an eye-catching focus of the long vista along Castle Ward's artificial lake, Temple Water.

    The site has a number of paths to allow you to get to the Castle.

    Audley's Field was used as a filming location in HBO's epic series Game of Thrones®.

    Other historic places you can visit:

    • Love Heritage NI

    Audley's Castle

    Audley's Castle
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