
What is recorded here
Belfast Castle rose in County Antrim during the post-medieval period, its stones catching light before modern roads covered the land. It was a castle of the seventeenth century, built to be seen and remembered. The town parks now hold the memory instead of walls, but the shape of the place still belongs to that older time.
The official Northern Ireland record identifies this as C17TH CASTLE: BELFAST CASTLE. Recorded period: POST-MED. The official map point was placed at the centre of the recorded archaeological site from the source map reference.
Belfast Castle was built in the 17th century as a country house and later expanded in the 19th century; it is important as a historic landmark and former official residence associated with the Stewart and later the Guinness families.
The monument record does not grant public access. Check the route and ask the landowner before entering private land.
- What survives
- Recorded monument
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