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Castle Roche

🇮🇪 Irlanda · siglo XIII

Castle Roche en Irlanda
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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.

Texto adaptado de «Castle Roche» en la Wikipedia en inglés, CC BY-SA 4.0.

Castle Roche ranks #3139 of 5793 worldwide in the atlas's castle fame ranking, and #72 of the 107 mapped in Irlanda. Fundado en 1236, más antiguo que el 77% de los monumentos datados del atlas — one of 519 atlas entries founded in the siglo XIII. Compara el dato en las estadísticas de castillos.

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