Mahee Castle
Mahee Castle, also known as Nendrum Castle, is a small ruined tower house near Nendrum Monastery on Mahee Island in Strangford Lough, County Down, Northern Ireland.Photo: Ardfern, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Places of Interest Nearby
Highlights include Nendrum Monastery mill and Nendrum Monastery.
Nendrum Monastery mill
Archaeological site
Nendrum Monastery was a Christian monastery on Mahee Island in Strangford Lough, County Down, Northern Ireland. Medieval records say it was founded in the 5th century, but this is uncertain. Nendrum Monastery mill is situated 930 feet southeast of Mahee Castle.
Nendrum Monastery
Ruins
Photo: Jordanmcclements, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Nendrum Monastery was a Christian monastery on Mahee Island in Strangford Lough, County Down, Northern Ireland. Medieval records say it was founded in the 5th century, but this is uncertain. Nendrum Monastery is situated 1,100 feet south of Mahee Castle.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Whiterock and Killinchy.
Whiterock
Village
Whiterock is a small village in County Down, Northern Ireland. It is within the townland of Killinakin, in the civil parish of Killinchy and historic barony of Dufferin, on the western shore of Strangford Lough, near to the village of Killinchy.
Killinchy
Village
Photo: Albert Bridge, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Killinchy is a townland and small village in County Down, Northern Ireland. It is two miles inland from the western shores of Strangford Lough in the Borough of Ards and North Down. Killinchy is situated 2½ miles southwest of Mahee Castle.
Balloo
Village
Balloo is a small village and townland near Killinchy in County Down, Northern Ireland. It is 5 miles south of Comber on the A22 road between Belfast and Downpatrick. Balloo is situated 2½ miles southwest of Mahee Castle.
Mahee Castle
- Type: Ruins
- Description: castle in the UK
- Categories: castle, building, and historic site
- Location: Ards and North Down, Northern Ireland, United Kingdom, Britain and Ireland, Europe
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Latitude
54.50108° or 54° 30′ 4″ northLongitude
-5.64836° or 5° 38′ 54″ westOpen location code
9C6PG922+CMOpenStreetMap ID
way 670214848OpenStreetMap feature
building=ruinsOpenStreetMap feature
historic=castleWikidata ID
Q15243733
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Satellite Map
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In Other Languages
From Dutch to Ukrainian—“Mahee Castle” goes by many names.
- Dutch: “Mahee Castle”
- German: “Mahee Castle”
- Turkish: “Mahee Kalesi”
- Ukrainian: “Замок Магі”
Notable Places Nearby
Highlights include Round Tower and Nendrum.
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Explore places such as The Outer Enclosure and Nendrum Monastic Site Car Park.
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