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Castle Roche
🇮🇪 Ireland
Castle Roche (Irish: Dún Gall) is a Norman castle located some 10 km (7 miles) north-west of Dundalk, County Louth, Ireland. It was the seat of the de Verdun family (also spelt de Verdon), who built the castle in 1236.
It is built upon a large rocky outcrop and commands extensive views of the surrounding country. Together with a deep moat, its strong walls rendered it virtually impregnable. A secret passage once connected the castle to a round tower outpost.
Text adapted from “Castle Roche” on Wikipedia, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Castle Roche ranks #4,720 of 5,479 worldwide in the atlas's castle fame ranking, and #79 of the 81 mapped in Ireland. See how Ireland compares in the castle statistics.
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