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  • Castle Balfour

    Topics:
    • Historic environment, 
    • Archaeology & Monuments

    11 Church Lane
    Lisnaskea
    BT92 0GN
    United Kingdom

    Contact

    Phone: 028 9082 3207
    Email: scmenquiries@communities-ni.gov.uk
    Website: https://discovernorthernireland.com/things-to-do/castle-balfour-p675501

    Additional Information

    Open to the public: By arrangement (via contact details above, charges may apply)
    Grid reference: H3621433670
    View on the Historic Environment Map Viewer
    SM number: FER 246:057
    View details on the NI Sites & Monuments Record (NISMR)

    About Castle Balfour

    The view from the housing estate south of the castle gives an idea of its defensive strength. The castle was built from about 1618 onwards by the Scottish planter, Sir James Balfour, and shows clear Scottish influence in plan and details. It was altered in 1652 and damaged in 1689 but continued in occupation until the early 19thcentury. Major conservation was done in the 1960s and in the late 1990s. A wing formerly projecting east into the graveyard has disappeared. The surviving building is of T- plan with the entrance through a dressed-stone projecting bay with gun-loops. On the ground floor are vaulted rooms and a kitchen with remains of a large fireplace and small oven. The main dwelling rooms were at first floor level and the stairs to rooms above are carried in a corbelled-out turret made of sharply cut grey limestone. There are Balfour grave slabs in the vault at Aghalurcher Church.

    Other historic places you can visit:

    • Love Heritage NI
    Castle Balfour
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