Sketrick Castle

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Sketrick Castle is a castle situated near Killinchy, County Down, Northern Ireland. It was probably built in the 15th century. The Annals of the Four Masters record its capture in 1470 and it was mentioned several times in the 16th century. It remained fairly intact until the end of the 19th century when half of it collapsed during a storm. In 1957 excavations revealed a subterranean passage, stone-lined and lintelled, which ran eastwards under the bawn wall to a corbelled chamber covering a fresh water spring. The passage is less than 1m high and about 15m long.

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• Sketrick Castle

[edit] See also

• Castles in Northern Ireland