Bogjurgan Hill is part of a region that includes which 14th-century towerhouse?
74c7ff54403d2fc6a7398fcafb323017
Bogjurgan Hill Bogjurgan Hill is an elevated landform at the southern verge of the Fetteresso Forest in Aberdeenshire, Scotland. Its top is at an elevation of 299 m above sea level. Historical features in this region of Kincardineshire include Fetteresso Castle, Drumtochty Castle and Muchalls Castle.
beb61d228c41b5325053fc5b5834e1fd
Fetteresso Castle Fetteresso Castle is a 14th-century towerhouse, rebuilt in 1761 as a Scottish gothic style Palladian manor, with clear evidence of prehistoric use of the site. It is situated immediately west of the town of Stonehaven in Kincardineshire slightly to the west of the A90 dual carriageway. Other notable historic fortified houses or castles in this region are Dunnottar Castle, Muchalls Castle, Fiddes Castle, Cowie Castle and Monboddo House.
36a8383f51c424e7ab99232a8953622d
Tower castle A tower castle is a small castle that mainly consists of a fortified tower or a tower-like structure that is built on natural ground. It is thus different from the motte-and-bailey castle, which it may resemble, but whose main defensive structure is built on a "motte" or artificial hill. The tower castle is occasionally also described as a tower house castle or a tower house.
dde2953b556a02f38cd6b05f347d791a
Friday Hill, London Friday Hill is a housing estate in Chingford (in the London Borough of Waltham Forest; OS Grid Reference [ TQ391933] ), named after the hill of the same name, lying north of Chingford Hatch. It takes its name from a John Friday who held land there in the fifteenth century; prior to this, it was known as Jackatt Hill.
d2261c1c76f77ac65e2de1cf88737b24
Barnacullian Barnacullian is a mountain in County Wicklow, Ireland. At 714 metres (2,306 ft) it is the 14th highest mountain in the Wicklow Mountains. It is located just north of Wicklow Mountains National Park.
b93ecf5ce2c4c77a2eda8de9b91f7c76
Butley Priory Butley Priory, sometimes called "Butley Abbey", was a medieval monastic house in Butley in Suffolk, England, in the area of the Suffolk Heritage Coast. The only part surviving relatively intact is the impressive 14th-century gatehouse, which has been in use as a private dwelling for about 280 years. A small fragment of the priory church and some masonry of the former domestic range survives in agricultural use at the adjacent Abbey Farm. The gatehouse is a grade I listed building, and is now used as a venue for private functions, corporate events or retreats.
0d25d1051cdaaa29a2560070ae788de0
Dunluce Castle Dunluce Castle (from Irish: "Dún Libhse" ) is a now-ruined medieval castle in Northern Ireland. It is located on the edge of a basalt outcropping in County Antrim (between Portballintrae and Portrush), and is accessible via a bridge connecting it to the mainland. The castle is surrounded by extremely steep drops on either side, which may have been an important factor to the early Christians and Vikings who were drawn to this place where an early Irish fort once stood.
78b33b368c52c32f964a1ced5608ab98
Fanning's Castle Fanning's Castle (Irish: "Caisleán Uí Fhionáin" ), also called Whitamore's Castle, is the remains of a tower house and National Monument located in Limerick, Ireland.
91e24a679bb50846e23e5ff2dbbbebc4
Barga Mongols The Barga (Mongol: Барга; ) are a subgroup of the Mongol people which gave its name to the Baikal region – "Bargujin-Tukum" (Bargujin Tökhöm) – “the land’s end”, according to the 13th-14th centuries Mongol people’s conception.
815cebdadd640c21b097664150644f3c
Dundanion Castle Dundanion Castle (Irish: "Dún Daingean" , meaning "firm fortress" ) is a Tudor tower house in the Blackrock area of Cork in Ireland. Previously known as Galwey's Castle, the ruin is located on the grounds of the much later "Dundanion House".
fb88e352b662ef5cdb0fa38f03d95a8a
Ballymote Castle Ballymote Castle (Irish: "Caisleán Bhaile an Mhóta") is a large rectangular keepless castle, built around 1300. It is located in the townland of Carrownanty on the outskirts of Ballymote in southern County Sligo, Ireland. This area was known historically as "Átha Cliath an Chorainn", which roughly translates as "The Ford of the Hurdles of Corran". It is the last of the Norman castles in Connacht. It was probably built in order to protect the newly won possessions of Richard Óg de Burgh, 2nd Earl of Ulster (also known as the "Red Earl"), in County Sligo, some distance from an earlier motte.
e168cdd4eef7720a473b79ea446a904e
Lurganure Lurganure (from Irish: "Lurga an Iubhair" , meaning "long ridge of the yew" ) is a small village and townland in County Antrim, Northern Ireland. It lies to the west of Lisburn and is separated from Mazetown by the River Lagan. In the 2001 Census it had a population of 441 people. It is in the Lisburn City Council area.
1cf868fc20e84e4e11b98ecd42b91e99
O'Dea Castle O'Dea Castle, also known as Dysert O'Dea Castle, is an Irish fortified tower house, loosely described as a castle at Dysert O'Dea (Irish: "Dísert" , meaning "hermitage" ), the former O'Dea clan stronghold, 5 km from Corofin, County Clare just off the R476 road. It was built between 1470 and 1490 by Diarmaid O'Dea, Lord of Cineal Fearmaic, and stands some 50 ft high on a limestone outcrop base measuring 20 by . The tower is adjacent to Dysert O'Dea Monastery.
6e911fb12b3f45eafcc80fe26b8b1095
Cramond Tower Cramond Tower is a fifteenth-century tower house in the village of Cramond to the north-west of Edinburgh, Scotland.
4b0b4b6d2f33ac6cd6f786aaf875b989
Aberuchill Castle Aberuchill Castle is located 3 km west of Comrie in Perthshire, Scotland. It comprises an early 17th-century tower house, which was extended and remodelled in the 19th century. The house, excluding the later west wing, is protected as a category A listed building, while the grounds are included in the Inventory of Gardens and Designed Landscapes in Scotland.
aff1b949ffd16de9f48bcc532a6db74e
Lurganville Lurganville (historically "Lurganavill" or "Lurganaveel", from Irish: "Lorgain a' Mhíl" , meaning "long ridge of the hare" ) is a small village and townland in County Down, Northern Ireland. In the 2001 Census it had a population of 102 people. It is situated in the Lisburn City Council area. Locally significant buildings include St Colman’s Church, which is a listed building, and the Parochial House.
bb22c14906e846049bdc9c0e08c59308
Portaferry Castle Portaferry Castle is a small tower house in Portaferry, County Down, Northern Ireland, overlooking the harbour. It was built in the 16th century by William Le Savage. Portaferry Castle tower house is a State Care Historic Monument in the townland of Ballyphilip, in Borough of Ards, at grid ref: J5930 5085.
132c1f28601b95ec4a96f37f38c6490c
Dandabhukti Dandabhukti (Bengali: দন্ডভুক্তি ) was an ancient and medieval region/ territory spread across what are now Bankura, Hooghly, Paschim Medinipur and Purba Medinipur districts in the Indian state of West Bengal.
bc423b7c2c85be92c729c126dfea2284
Donegal Donegal or Donegal Town ( or ; Irish: "Dún na nGall" , meaning "fort of the foreigners" ) is a town in County Donegal in Ulster, Ireland. The name was historically written in English as 'Dunnagall' or 'Dunagall'. Donegal gave its name to County Donegal, although Lifford is now the county town. From the 1470s until the very early 17th century, Donegal was the 'capital' of Tyrconnell (Irish: "Tír Chonaill" ), a Gaelic kingdom controlled by the O'Donnell dynasty of the Northern Uí Néill. Donegal sits at the mouth of the River Eske and Donegal Bay, which is overshadowed by the Blue Stack Mountains ('the Croaghs'). The town is bypassed by the N15 and N56 roads. The centre of the town, known as The Diamond, is a hub for music, poetic and cultural gatherings in the area.
056f6cdbea0d904fd7510f6d0ba3a8f5
Kilconway Kilconway (from Irish: "Coill Uí Chonmhaí" ) is a barony in County Antrim, Northern Ireland. It is bordered by six other baronies: Dunluce Upper to the north; Glenarm Lower to the east; Antrim Lower to the south-east; Toome Lower to the south; Loughinsholin to the south-west; and Coleraine to the north-east. Kilconway also formed part of the medieval territory known as the Route. Springmount Bog is located within the barony.
257494aeb0a0f0fabd91d87d69f492e2
Udny Castle Udny Castle is a tower house in the parish of Udny, southwest of the village of Pitmedden and northeast of the hamlet of Udny Green, Aberdeenshire, in the northeast of Scotland. The area is generally flat but the castle is sited on the highest ground and can be seen for a considerable distance. Its exact construction date is unknown, but its foundations probably date from the late 14th or early 15th century. Additional storeys were added and a later extension, described as a "modern mansion", was incorporated but subsequently demolished. It is a Category A listed building.
0365c78272f154c30584b2036b1b8fa2
Knocknakilla The Knocknakilla megalithic complex (Grid Ref: W297843) that lies between Macroom and Millstreet, in County Cork, Ireland. It is set in blanket peatland on the north-west upper slopes of Musherabeg mountain and is thought to be 3500 years old.