Object description

Clough Castle is the site of an Anglo-Norman motte-and-bailey situated in Clough, County Down, Northern Ireland, near the junction of the A25 and A24 roads. Clough Castle Motte and bailey and tower are State Care Historic Monuments in the townland of Clough, in Down District Council area, at grid ref: J4092 4029. The castle was built following John de Courcy's 1177 seizure of eastern Ulster.