Benburb Castle is a castle situated in

Benburb Benburb ()) is a village and townland in County Tyrone, Northern Ireland. It lies 7.5 miles from Armagh and 8 miles from Dungannon. The River Blackwater runs alongside the village as does the Ulster Canal. History It is best known, in hi ...

County Tyrone County Tyrone (; ) is one of the six counties of Northern Ireland, one of the nine counties of Ulster and one of the thirty-two traditional counties of Ireland. Its county town is Omagh. Adjoined to the south-west shore of Lough Neagh, the cou ...

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. It is built on a limestone cliff overlooking the River Blackwater, the border between County Tyrone and

County Armagh County Armagh ( ) is one of the six counties of Northern Ireland and one of the traditional thirty-two counties of Ireland. It is located in the Provinces of Ireland, province of Ulster and adjoins the southern shore of Lough Neagh. It borders t ...

. 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 The Servite Order, officially known as the Order of Servants of Mary (; abbreviation: OSM), is one of the five original mendicant orders in the Roman Catholic Church. It includes several branches of friars (priests and brothers), contemplative nun ...

Priory A priory is a monastery of men or women under religious vows that is headed by a prior or prioress. They were created by the Catholic Church. Priories may be monastic houses of monks or nuns (such as the Benedictines, the Cistercians, or t ...

, the local base of that religious order. Benburb or Wingfield's Castle is a State Care Historic Monument, in

Dungannon and South Tyrone Borough Council Dungannon and South Tyrone Borough Council (, Ulster Scots dialects, Ulster Scots: ''Rathgannon an Sooth Owenslanngh Cooncil'') was a local council in Northern Ireland from 1973 until 2015. It was originally named Dungannon District Council, gai ...

area, at grid ref: H8146 5199.

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Benburb Castle
{{Coord, 54, 24, 30, N, 6, 44, 42, W, type:landmark_region:GB, display=title Castles in County Tyrone

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