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  • Holywood Motte

    Topics:
    • Historic environment, 
    • Archaeology & Monuments

    Brooke Street
    Holywood
    BT18 9BB
    United Kingdom

    Contact

    Phone: 028 9082 3207
    Email: scmenquiries@communities-ni.gov.uk
    Website: https://discovernorthernireland.com/things-to-do/holywood-motte-p712831

    Additional Information

    Open to the public: During opening hours (please check DiscoverNI website, charges may apply)
    Grid reference: J4009179200
    View on the Historic Environment Map Viewer
    SM number: DOW 001:001
    View details on the NI Sites & Monuments Record (NISMR)

    About Holywood Motte

    Anglo-Norman castle mound, formerly probably with a ditch round its base and a timber palisade round the summit, but now with a spiral path and planted with trees, the result of 19th-century landscaping. King John stayed at Holywood in 1210 and a castle at Holywood is mentioned in 1234, but it is not known whether either reference applies to this motte. A fine 13th-century church (the ruins now known as Holywood Friary) in the town was contemporary with the castle.

    Other historic places you can visit:

    • Love Heritage NI
    Holywood Motte
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