# Benburb Castle

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{{Short description|Castle in Northern Ireland}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=January 2023}}
{{Use Irish English|date=September 2020}}
thumb|The Benburb Castle

'''Benburb Castle''' is a castle situated in [Benburb](/source/Benburb), [County Tyrone](/source/County_Tyrone), [Northern Ireland](/source/Northern_Ireland). <!-- copyvio from https://web.archive.org/web/20070314141603/http://cloghmore.bravepages.com/tyrone/benburb.html removed --> It is built on a limestone cliff overlooking the [River Blackwater](/source/Munster_Blackwater), the border between County Tyrone and [County Armagh](/source/County_Armagh). A 19th-century tower house occupies the south west area of the bawn. The castle has been restored and stands in the grounds of the imposing [Servite](/source/Servite) [Priory](/source/Priory), the local base of that religious order.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Benburb Castle |url=https://discovernorthernireland.com/things-to-do/benburb-castle-p676711 |url-status=live |website=Discover Northern Ireland |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200809021220/https://discovernorthernireland.com/things-to-do/benburb-castle-p676711 |archive-date=9 August 2020}}</ref>
[[File:Benburb Castle, 1834 (IA jstor-30004132) (page 1 crop).jpg|thumb|Benburb Castle, [Dublin Penny Journal](/source/Dublin_Penny_Journal), 1834]]
Benburb or Wingfield's Castle is a State Care Historic Monument, in [Dungannon and South Tyrone Borough Council](/source/Dungannon_and_South_Tyrone_Borough_Council) area, at grid ref: H8146 5199.<ref>{{cite web |title=Benburb Castle |work=Environment and Heritage Service NI – State Care Historic Monuments |url=http://www.ehsni.gov.uk/state_care_monuments_2007.pdf |access-date=4 December 2007 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120722033155/http://www.doeni.gov.uk/niea/state_care_monuments_2007.pdf |archive-date=22 July 2012 |url-status=dead}}</ref>

== See also ==

*[Castles in Northern Ireland](/source/Castles_in_Northern_Ireland)

== References ==
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*[https://web.archive.org/web/20050925042125/http://cloghmore.bravepages.com/tyrone/benburb.html Benburb Castle]

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Category:Castles in County Tyrone

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