Castles and forts in County Antrim
The Discover Alone map has 118 castles and forts in County Antrim, Ireland. Below are the 60 with the most written about them, pictures first. Every one has its own page with directions and places nearby.
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TOWER-HOUSE: TCHEVET CASTLE (unlocated) in Curran AND Drumaliss; LarneTOWER-HOUSE: TCHEVET CASTLE (unlocated)Chevet Castle is an unlocated post-medieval tower house in Curran and Drumaliss, Larne, County Antrim. Its exact…
TOWER-HOUSE: OLDERFLEETE CASTLE in LarneTOWER-HOUSE: OLDERFLEETE CASTLEOlderfleete Castle stood as a post-medieval tower house in Larne, its stones built to watch the coast and command the…
TOWER-HOUSE & later buildings : SHANE'S CASTLE (RUINS) in Shanes Castle ParkTOWER-HOUSE & later buildings : SHANE'S CASTLE (RUINS)Shane's Castle stands as a scheduled tower-house ruin in County Antrim, marking a medieval stronghold later altered…
TOWER-HOUSE: CASTLE LUG or CLOGH-NA-LARTY in West DivisionTOWER-HOUSE: CASTLE LUG or CLOGH-NA-LARTYCastle Lug rises in County Antrim as a medieval tower-house, its stones still carrying the weight of late-medieval…
TOWER-HOUSE: CASTLE CHICHESTER in White HeadTOWER-HOUSE: CASTLE CHICHESTERCastle Chichester rose in White Head as a late medieval tower-house, its stones still marked by the hands that built…
TOWER-HOUSE & BAWN: TOOME CASTLE in ToomeTOWER-HOUSE & BAWN: TOOME CASTLEToome Castle is a late-medieval tower house and bawn in County Antrim, Ireland, still standing as a scheduled…
TOWER-HOUSE & BAWN: KILWAUGHTER CASTLE in DemesneTOWER-HOUSE & BAWN: KILWAUGHTER CASTLEKilwaughter Castle stands as a post-medieval tower-house and bawn in County Antrim, its stones marked for protection…
Site of CHURCH; GRAVEYARD & CASTLE: RATHMORE or CASTLE FIELD in RathmoreSite of CHURCH; GRAVEYARD & CASTLE: RATHMORE or CASTLE FIELDCastle Field in Rathmore held a church, graveyard and castle during the medieval period, making it a crowded centre of…
Shane's CastleRuinsShane's Castle stands as ruined walls beside Lough Neagh, marked by repeated fire and reinvention rather than quiet…
Shane's CastleCastleShane's Castle in County Antrim has endured repeated destruction because people kept returning to build, remember and…
Red Bay CastleArchaeological placeRed Bay Castle is an archaeological place in County Antrim, where the coast still keeps the shape of its lost rooms. It…
RECTANGULAR CROPMARKRECTANGULAR CROPMARK — CASTLE?: CASTLE BANECastle Bane appears as a rectangular cropmark in County Antrim, possibly marking a lost castle or a smaller medieval…
Rathlin CastleRuinsRathlin Castle stood on Rathlin Island off County Antrim, probably built for Sir John de Courcy in the early thirteenth…
possible MOTTE SITE; MULTIPERIOD CASTLE SITE: LISANOURE CASTLE or LOUGH GUILE CASTLE or LOUGH KEOULLE in Castlequarterpossible MOTTE SITE; MULTIPERIOD CASTLE SITE: LISANOURE CASTLE or LOUGH GUILE CASTLE or LOUGH KEOULLEThe official Northern Ireland record identifies this as possible MOTTE SITE; MULTIPERIOD CASTLE SITE: LISANOURE CASTLE…
POSSIBLE CASHEL: BALLYMOY CASTLE in BallymoyPOSSIBLE CASHEL: BALLYMOY CASTLEMaybe Ballymoy Castle is a phantom, born from a transcribed name rather than a built tower. The official record hedges…
Possible bawn site in OldparkPossible bawn sitePossible bawn site in Oldpark, County Antrim, may have marked a seventeenth-century boundary or gathering place. The…
Olderfleet CastleCastleOlderfleet Castle is a four-storey ruin on Curran Point in County Antrim, built around the sixteenth century on a site…
MULTI-PERIOD CASTLEMULTI-PERIOD CASTLE — C15th-POST-MEDIEVAL — with ROCK-CUT Man-made underground passage: DUNLUCE CASTLERock-cut passages beneath Dunluce Castle reveal hands shaping living stone before the castle rose. The cliff-edge ruins…
MOTTE WITH CASTLE RUINS & Man-made underground passage in CloghanmurryMOTTE WITH CASTLE RUINS & Man-made underground passageMotte with castle ruins and a man-made underground passage in Cloghanmurry, County Antrim, belongs to the medieval…
MOTTE; TWO BAILEYS; TOWER-HOUSE; CURTAIN WALL; possible site of PROMONTORY FORT: RED BAY CASTLE in Red BayMOTTE; TWO BAILEYS; TOWER-HOUSE; CURTAIN WALL; possible site of PROMONTORY FORT: RED BAY CASTLERed Bay Castle in County Antrim layered a motte, two baileys, a tower-house and curtain wall above a possible…
MOTTE AND BAILEY: McQUILLAN'S CASTLE in GalgormMOTTE AND BAILEY: McQUILLAN'S CASTLEMcQuillan's Castle in Galgorm, County Antrim, stands as a medieval motte and bailey where earth and memory still touch.…
Kinbane CastleCastleKinbane Castle stands on a white chalk head in County Antrim, built around 1547 by Colla MacDonnell to command the…
Kilwaughter CastleCastleKilwaughter Castle is a ruined castle in County Antrim where a 17th Century tower still lies inside a much larger house…
HOUSE: OLD CASTLE in LaydHOUSE: OLD CASTLEOld Castle in Layd stands in County Antrim as a post-medieval ruin, marked on the official map at the centre of its…
HISTORIC SETTLEMENT: PORTRUSH (includes portrush castle) in PortrushHISTORIC SETTLEMENT: PORTRUSH (includes portrush castle)Porrush is a historic settlement in County Antrim, Ireland, stretching from the medieval period to modern times. It…
Hillmount HouseCastleHillmount House stands as a castle in County Antrim, marked only by its name and location on an open map. The absence…
Glenarm CastleCastleGlenarm Castle has anchored County Antrim since 1636, yet shadows from older stones still bleed through the village.…
Galgorm CastleCastleGalgorm Castle rose in County Antrim in 1618 for Sir Faithful Fortescue, presenting some of the finest early Jacobean…
FORTIFIED HOUSE: CASTLE HILL in DunamoyFORTIFIED HOUSE: CASTLE HILLCastle Hill in Dunamoy rises as a fortified house despite an uncertain date, suggesting men built walls against a…
FORTIFIED HOUSE built on FRANCISCAN FRIARY: JOYMOUNT in CarrickfergusFORTIFIED HOUSE built on FRANCISCAN FRIARY: JOYMOUNTJoymount in Carrickfergus is a fortified house built on a Franciscan friary, layering medieval religious life under…
FORTIFIED HOUSE & ?BAWN (unlocated): MOSES HILL'S HOUSE in Malone LowerFORTIFIED HOUSE & ?BAWN (unlocated): MOSES HILL'S HOUSEMoses Hill's house in Malone Lower still carries the shape of a fortified dwelling, though no wall or gate remains…
FORTIFICATION: BRUCE'S CASTLE in BallycarryFORTIFICATION: BRUCE'S CASTLEBruce's Castle stands in Ballycarry as a medieval fortification, marked on official maps and protected from careless…
FORTIFICATIONFORTIFICATION — BAWNInside the closed bawn, dead men and women still breathe. They walk past rooms without doors, touch walls that have no…
DUNSEVERICK CASTLE in Feigh Alias DunseverickDUNSEVERICK CASTLEDunseverick Castle rose along the northern coast during the fourteenth through seventeenth centuries, marking a…
DUNINENY CASTLE in Town Parks BallycastleDUNINENY CASTLEDUNINENY CASTLE in Town Parks Ballycastle, County Antrim, Ireland, stands as a scheduled castle spanning PREHISTORIC…
Castle UptonCastleCastle Upton stands in Templepatrick, County Antrim, where the Upton family lived from 1625 until the twentieth…
CASTLE (unlocated; O.S. memoir site) CASTLE AN TEENIE in PortrushCASTLE (unlocated; O.S. memoir site) CASTLE AN TEENIECastle an Teenie still hides somewhere near Portrush, remembered more as a shape in the landscape than a marked stone.…
CASTLE (unlocated) in TamnaderryCASTLE (unlocated)No castle in Tamnaderry is certain. The name floats above County Antrim like a shadow detached from its owner, perhaps…
CASTLE (site of): PORTGLENONE CASTLE in GarvaghyCASTLE (site of): PORTGLENONE CASTLEPortglenone Castle stands as a lost site in County Antrim, its stones swallowed by time or reuse. The name itself…
CASTLE (site of) in Town Parks (glenarm)CASTLE (site of)Glenarm still hides the lost castle beneath its parks, though no wall stands to mark the boundary. The medieval site…
CASTLE: RETREAT CASTLE in Retreat OR CloghglassCASTLE: RETREAT CASTLERetreat Castle stood in County Antrim during the late medieval period, serving as a fortified refuge rather than a…
CASTLE & possible Man-made underground passage in KilraghtsCASTLE & possible Man-made underground passageKilraghts holds a castle shadow and a possible underground passage, though no exact date or builder is certain. The…
CASTLE or CASHEL & Man-made underground passages (SITE OF): CASTLE VOODISH in CarravindoonCASTLE or CASHEL & Man-made underground passages (SITE OF): CASTLE VOODISHCastle Voodish in Carravindoon, County Antrim, still hides man-made passages beneath the earth. The exact age remains…
CASTLE?: OLDSTONE HILL (unlocated) in OldstoneCASTLE?: OLDSTONE HILL (unlocated)Oldstone Hill may have worn a castle during the eighteenth or nineteenth century, though no ruin remains visible to…
CASTLE: OLDERFLEET CASTLE or THE CURRAN CASTLE in Curran AND DrumalissCASTLE: OLDERFLEET CASTLE or THE CURRAN CASTLEOlderfleet Castle stands in Curran and Drumaliss, a late-medieval ruin preserved under State Care. Its stones survived…
CASTLE (O.S. memoir site; unlocated) in SlaghtCASTLE (O.S. memoir site; unlocated)No visible castle remains in Slaght, though a late medieval fortress once broke the horizon there. The site is lost to…
CASTLE (O.S. memoir site; unlocated) in LossetCASTLE (O.S. memoir site; unlocated)Losset and the surrounding county hide more than they reveal. A castle may have stood there, cast shadows across the…
CASTLE later ARTILLERY FORT (site of) & GATE: LISBURN CASTLE, CASTLE GARDENS, LISNAGARVEY in LisburnCASTLE later ARTILLERY FORT (site of) & GATE: LISBURN CASTLE, CASTLE GARDENS, LISNAGARVEYLisburn Castle rose in the post-medieval period before becoming an artillery fort, yet only its gate and buried…
CASTLE in Town Parks (ballymoney)CASTLECastle in Town Parks stands in Ballymoney, County Antrim, though no exact date or builder is recorded. Its uncertain…
CASTLE & HILLTOP ENCLOSURE: DOONBOUGHT FORT in DoonboughtCASTLE & HILLTOP ENCLOSURE: DOONBOUGHT FORTDoonbought Fort rises above County Antrim as a medieval castle and hilltop enclosure, preserving the shape of twelfth…
CARRICKFERGUS CASTLE in CarrickfergusCARRICKFERGUS CASTLECARRICKFERGUS CASTLE still stands in Carrickfergus, a medieval fortress shaped by later centuries and preserved under…
Carra CastleCastleCarra Castle stands as an ivy-strangled ruin near Cushendun, built over a Mesolithic flint site and marked by a tragic…
C17th CASTLE on MONASTIC SITE : ORDER of ST. JOHN OF JERUSALEM, UPTON CASTLE, UPTON MAUSOLEUM, HUGH DE LOGAN'S TOWN in TemplepatrickC17th CASTLE on MONASTIC SITE : ORDER of ST. JOHN OF JERUSALEM, UPTON CASTLE, UPTON MAUSOLEUM, HUGH DE LOGAN'S TOWNUpton Castle and its mausoleum stand inside Hugh de Logan's town, marking a C17th castle built upon a medieval monastic…
C17TH CASTLE: BELFAST CASTLE in Town ParksC17TH CASTLE: BELFAST CASTLEBelfast Castle rose in County Antrim during the post-medieval period, its stones catching light before modern roads…
C17th CASTLE: ANTRIM CASTLE in Town Parks (antrim)C17th CASTLE: ANTRIM CASTLEAntrim Castle rose in the seventeenth century as a scheduled post-medieval fortress, its stones still marked by the…
C18TH HOUSE on site of C17TH CASTLE in BallymagarryC18TH HOUSE on site of C17TH CASTLEBallymagarry still holds the ghost of a C17TH castle beneath an C18TH house, a layered trap where old stone and new…
ARTILLERY FORT, FORTIFIED HOUSE & BAWN (site of) in Malone UpperARTILLERY FORT, FORTIFIED HOUSE & BAWN (site of)Artillery fort, fortified house and bawn mark a post-medieval defensive layer in Malone Upper. The names suggest guns…
Antrim CastleCastleAntrim Castle stood on the Sixmilewater River from 1613 until fire took it in 1922, leaving behind a grassed platform…
CASTLE (REMAINS OF): BALLYLOUGH CASTLE in Ballylough MoreCASTLE (REMAINS OF): BALLYLOUGH CASTLEBallylough Castle stands in County Antrim as a scheduled ruin, marked across medieval, late medieval, post-medieval and…
CASTLE/PROMONTORY FORT: DUINNAGREGOR in CarnduffCASTLE/PROMONTORY FORT: DUINNAGREGORDuinnagregor rises in Carnduff as a castle or promontory fort, though no exact date remains attached to its stones. The…