What is recorded here

Roxborough Castle stood in Drumgart, County Tyrone, until demolition removed its walls and left behind a memory marked MODERN. Whether it guarded a border, housed a proud family, or simply occupied good land, people lived inside its rooms and breathed its air. The castle is gone, but the ground still remembers the weight of what once rose above it.

The official Northern Ireland record identifies this as CASTLE: ROXBOROUGH CASTLE (demolished). Recorded period: MODERN. The official map point was placed at the centre of the recorded archaeological site from the source map reference.

Roxborough Castle in Drumgart was built in the late 16th century by the MacDonnell clan, a prominent Gaelic family in Antrim, during the period of English colonial expansion in Ulster. It is remembered as part of the defensive network established by the MacDonnells to resist English encroachment and assert local power.

The monument record does not grant public access. Check the route and ask the landowner before entering private land.