Ardee Castle

Map Reference: N962907 (3962, 2907)

This large tower-house is almost rectangular in plan with westward projecting turrets at the NW and SW angles. It is four storeys high and the turrets rise for another storey above the roof level. There is a vault over the ground floor. The area between the turrets has been filled by a modern addition. Part of this addition houses a flighted stairway leading to the first floor. A smaller flighted stairway within the SW turret leads to the second and third floors. There is also a spiral stairway within the NW turret which leads from the ground floor to the roof.



The original doorway is in the N wall close to the NW angle. It was protected by a murder-hole and a machicolation at roof level. The castle is known locally as The Courthouse.







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