Castle
Ballymote Castle
🇮🇪 Ireland · 13th century
Ballymote Castle (Irish: Caisleán Bhaile an Mhóta) is a large rectangular keepless castle, built around 1300. It is located in the townland of Carrownanty on the outskirts of Ballymote in southern County Sligo, Ireland. This area was known historically as Átha Cliath an Chorainn, which roughly translates as The Ford of the Hurdles of Corann. It is the last of the Norman castles in Connacht. It was probably built in order to protect the newly won possessions of Richard Óg de Burgh, 2nd Earl of Ulster (also known as the Red Earl), in County Sligo, some distance from an earlier motte.
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Ballymote Castle ranks #3,472 of 5,793 worldwide in the atlas's castle fame ranking, and #85 of the 107 mapped in Ireland. Founded 1300, it is older than 66% of the atlas's dated landmarks — one of 519 atlas entries founded in the 13th century. See how Ireland compares in the castle statistics.
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