Excavations at Dunineny Castle, Co. Antrim
Excavations at Dunineny Castle, Co. Antrim
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安特里姆郡杜尼尼城堡的发掘
DOI：
10.1179/007660904225022843
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发表时间：
2004
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0.6
通讯作者：
T. Mcneill
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作者：
T. Mcneill
对阿尔斯特北海岸一处悬崖顶部遗址的挖掘表明，这座被认为是15或16世纪的小城堡有着更为复杂的历史。早期阶段可能是史前晚期或史前岬堡。在世纪后期，这里被重新占领，作为一支小分队的基地。1600年后不久，它被后来的安特里姆伯爵兰德尔·麦克唐纳爵士选为城堡的所在地。它是作为他的一个男爵领地的行政中心而建造的，而不是一个军事或居住的地方。因此，它展示了在讲盖尔语的阿尔斯特和苏格兰，中世纪建筑是如何继续建造的，以及这样的城堡是如何被视为纯粹中世纪风格的庄园组织的一部分。
Abstract The excavation of a cliff-top site on the north coast of Ulster showed that what had been taken for a small 15th- or 16th-century castle had a more complex history. An early phase may have been a late prehistoric or protohistoric promontory fort. This was re-occupied as a base for a small detachment of troops in the late 16th century. Shortly after 1600 it was chosen as the site for a castle by Sir Randall MacDonnell, later Earl of Antrim. It was built to serve as the administrative centre for one of his baronies rather than either a military or a residential place. As such, it shows how, in Gaelic-speaking Ulster and Scotland, medieval structures continued to be built, and how such a castle was perceived as part of the organisation of estates in a purely medieval fashion even at this date.