What is recorded here
Red Castle in Somerset stands in County Derry, though no date or builder is certain. Its name suggests brick, paint or blood, while its absence from history suggests forgetting. A castle can lose every fact and still keep its shape, waiting for someone to remember the hand that built it.
The official Northern Ireland record identifies this as CASTLE: SOMERSET or THE RED CASTLE. Recorded period: UNCERTAIN. The official map point was placed at the centre of the recorded archaeological site from the source map reference.
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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