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Cloughoughter Castle

🇮🇪 Ireland · 13th century

Cloughoughter Castle in Ireland
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Cloughoughter Castle (Irish: Cloch Locha Uachtair, meaning 'stone castle of Loch Uachtair') is a ruined circular castle on a small island in Lough Oughter, 4 kilometres (2.5 mi) east of the town of Killeshandra in County Cavan, Ireland.

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Cloughoughter Castle ranks #1,925 of 5,479 worldwide in the atlas's castle fame ranking, and #37 of the 81 mapped in Ireland. Founded 1233, it is older than 77% of the atlas's dated landmarks — one of 478 atlas entries founded in the 13th century. See how Ireland compares in the castle statistics.

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