Narrow Water Castle

54°06′53″N 6°16′58″W / 54.1148°N 6.2828°W / 54.1148; -6.2828

Narrow Water Castle, looking south (the road is to the left of the picture)

Narrow Water Castle (Irish: Caisleán an Chaoil;[1] Ulster-Scots: Narra Wattèr Castle)[2] is a 16th-century tower house and bawn near Warrenpoint in Northern Ireland. It is beside the A2 road and on the County Down bank of the Clanrye (Newry) River, which enters Carlingford Lough a mile to the south.[3] It is a historic monument in state care in the townland of Narrow Water, in Newry and Mourne District Council district, at grid ref: J1256 1939.[4]

  1. ^ "Narrow Water, County Down". Placenames NI. Retrieved 29 November 2021.
  2. ^ "Jordan's Castle, Ulster-Scots translation" (PDF). Department of the Environment. Retrieved 22 October 2012.
  3. ^ "Narrow Water Keep Warrenpoint". Discover Northern Ireland. Tourism Northern Ireland. Retrieved 29 November 2021. tower-house and bawn built about 1568 at a point where the Newry River meets Carlingford Lough
  4. ^ "Narrow Water Castle" (PDF). Environment and Heritage Service NI - State Care Historic Monuments. Archived from the original (PDF) on 22 July 2012. Retrieved 4 December 2007.

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