Kilclief Castle

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Castle Facts:

Location: Strangford, County Down, Northern Ireland.
Built: 1412-1441.
Condition: Intact
Ownership / Access: --
Opening times: Check their website for more info.
Price of admission: Check their website for more info.
Notes: Kilclief Castle (Irish: Caislean Cill Cleithe) (Ordnance Survey ref: J597457) is a tower-house castle beside Strangford Lough and 2.5 miles (4 km) south of the village of Strangford, County Down, Northern Ireland. Kilclief is a hamlet of historical value on the Strangford to Ardglass road. This kind of tower-house is sometimes called the gatehouse type, because of its similarity to a castle gatehouse. It is among the oldest tower houses in Lecale. Kilclief Castle tower house is a State Care Historic Monument in the townland of Kilclief, in Down District Council area, at grid ref: J5972 4575.[1]

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Kilclief Castle On Wikipedia
Kilclief Castle - official site at Northern Ireland Environment Agency
"Kilclief Castle". web.archive.org. Archived from the original on 2005-08-18. Retrieved 2010-01-14.