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  • Narrow Water Castle

    Topics:
    • Historic environment, 
    • Archaeology & Monuments

    Narrow Water Keep, Newry Road
    Warrenpoint
    BT34 2FJ
    United Kingdom

    Contact

    Phone: 028 9082 3207
    Email: scmenquiries@communities-ni.gov.uk
    Website: https://discovernorthernireland.com/things-to-do/narrow-water-keep-warrenpoint-…

    Additional Information

    Open to the public: During opening hours (please check DiscoverNI website, charges may apply)
    Grid reference: J1256019390
    View on the Historic Environment Map Viewer
    SM number: DOW 051:044
    View details on the NI Sites & Monuments Record (NISMR)

    About Narrow Water Castle

    Tower-house and bawn were built in the 1560s at a cost of £361 4s 2d for an English garrison, but later in that century it was in the hands of the Gaelic Magennis family. A lease of 1570 refers to ‘nine cottages covered with earth within the precinct of the said castle’.

    The tower entrance in the west wall was protected by a forebuilding and a corbelled machicolation above, with a murder-hole immediately inside. Gun-loops on the corner provided extra cover. There are chambers at three levels with an attic, and straight stairs, latrines and other small chambers in the wall thickness. The first floor room has a semi-circular barrel vault built on wicker centring. There was a wall-walk behind the stepped battlements, commanding extensive views.

    The bawn wall has been modified by later use (the site was used for industrial purposes in the late 18th century) but it must represent the extent of the original enclosure, with part of the promontory to the west left for a small boat quay.

    Other historic places you can visit:

    • Love Heritage NI
    Narrow Water Castle
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