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Castle Balfour is an early 17th-century castle in the village of Lisnaskea, County Fermanagh. The castle was built from about 1618 onwards by the Scottish planter, Sir James Balfour, and shows clear Scottish influence in plan and details. The castle was occupied until destroyed by fire in 1803. The surviving building is of T- plan with the entrance through a dressed-stone projecting bay with gun-loops. On the ground floor are vaulted rooms and a kitchen with remains of a large fireplace and small oven. The main dwelling rooms were at first floor level and the stairs to rooms above are carried in a corbelled-out turret made of sharply cut grey limestone. The monument is in the care of the Department for Communities. The monument is within the council area of Fermanagh and Omagh.
SMR Number: FER246:057

Place Type: 17th-century Castle
Historic County: Fermanagh
Lat, Long: 54.250603,-7.445124
Grid Reference: H 3621 3366
Townland: Castle Balfour Demesne TD
Civil Parish: Aghalurcher CP
Council Area: Fermanagh and Omagh CA
Police Area: Northern Ireland PA
Devolved Legislature:  Northern Ireland Assembly

GBPN ID: 332405
Entry Type: Main listing (P)
URL: https://gazetteer.org.uk/place/Castle_Balfour,_Fermanagh_332405

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