Castles and forts in County Derry
The Discover Alone map has 54 castles and forts in County Derry, Ireland. Below are the 53 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: O'DOHERTY'S CASTLE or THE MAGAZINE in Derry; LondonderryTOWER-HOUSE: O'DOHERTY'S CASTLE or THE MAGAZINEO'Doherty's Castle rose as a late-medieval tower inside the walls of Derry, serving as a martial stronghold before the…
Learmount CastleCastleLearmount Castle stands in County Derry, a name that belongs to the land before memory. Whether it kept a family, a…
DUNGIVEN CASTLE (PART OF WALLS) in DungivenDUNGIVEN CASTLE (PART OF WALLS)DUNGIVEN CASTLE (PART OF WALLS) still stands in Dungiven, County Derry, preserving a post-medieval structure from the…
Dungiven CastleCastleRobert Ogilby built Dungiven Castle between 1836 and 1839, leaving the interior empty when he died. His nephew…
DrenaghCastleDrenagh is a castle in County Derry, Ireland. Perhaps its walls still hold the shape of hands that built them, though…
CASTLE & SETTLEMENT SITE (unlocated) in GlebeCASTLE & SETTLEMENT SITE (unlocated)That is an unlocated castle and settlement site in County Derry, recorded for the late medieval period. The official…
CASTLE & EARTHWORK ENCLOSURE: DOHERTY TOWER or CASTLE AILEACH in Elagh MoreCASTLE & EARTHWORK ENCLOSURE: DOHERTY TOWER or CASTLE AILEACHDoeherty Tower and Castle Aileach rise from Elagh More as a medieval castle and earthwork enclosure, still scheduled…
Brackfield BawnCastleBrackfield Bawn stands as a castle in County Derry, its stones marked by time rather than grandeur. The name itself…
PLANTATION CASTLE & BAWN on site of RATH: BELLAGHY BAWN in Old Town Deer ParkPLANTATION CASTLE & BAWN on site of RATH: BELLAGHY BAWNBellaghy Bawn stands inside Old Town Deer Park, where a planting castle and bawn were built upon an older rath. The…- TOWER-HOUSE: GREEN ISLAND or CASTLE OF ANAGH in TempletownTOWER-HOUSE: GREEN ISLAND or CASTLE OF ANAGHGreen Island tower house stands in Templetown, County Derry, a scheduled medieval ruin where stone walls still mark the…
- TOWER-HOUSE & BAWN: CASTLE ROE (destroyed) in CastleroeTOWER-HOUSE & BAWN: CASTLE ROE (destroyed)Castle Roe stood as a medieval tower-house and bawn in County Derry, its walls built to keep out rain, raids and doubt.…
- Salters Castle (Ruins)RuinsSalters Castle stands in ruins across County Derry, its name preserved though its chambers have surrendered to time.…
- PLANTATION VILLAGE SITE with MILL; HOUSE and BAWN: MACOSQUIN or MERCHANT TAYLORS' BUILDINGS in Camus Macosquin GlebePLANTATION VILLAGE SITE with MILL; HOUSE and BAWN: MACOSQUIN or MERCHANT TAYLORS' BUILDINGSMacosquin rose in County Derry as a plantation village where merchant tailors, a mill, a house and a bawn shared one…
- PLANTATION VILLAGE SITE; HOUSE; BAWN; MILL: AGIVEY or AGIVEY BAWN or IRONMONGERS' BUILDINGS in LissaghmorePLANTATION VILLAGE SITE; HOUSE; BAWN; MILL: AGIVEY or AGIVEY BAWN or IRONMONGERS' BUILDINGSAgivey Bawn stands in Lissaghmore as a post-medieval plantation village, house, bawn and mill, still marked as a…
- PLANTATION CASTLE in Ballymoghan BegPLANTATION CASTLEMoghan castle is a plantation castle in Ballymoghan Beg, County Derry, Ireland. It belongs to the post-medieval period…
- PLANTATION CASTLE; BAWN; VILLAGE SITE: SALTERSTOWN or SALTER'S CASTLE in BallymultreaPLANTATION CASTLE; BAWN; VILLAGE SITE: SALTERSTOWN or SALTER'S CASTLESalterstown rises in Ballymultrea as a post-medieval plantation castle and bawn, still marked as a scheduled village…
- PLANTATION CASTLE; BAWN; VILLAGE SITE: MOVANAGHER CASTLE in MovanagherPLANTATION CASTLE; BAWN; VILLAGE SITE: MOVANAGHER CASTLEMovanagher Castle stands in County Derry as a post-medieval plantation castle, bawn and village site, still marked as a…
- PLANTATION CASTLE & BAWN in Town Parks MagherafeltPLANTATION CASTLE & BAWNMortimer Castle stood in Magherafelt during the POST-MED period, its bawn walls enclosing a small world of power and…
- Glengaliagh HallCastleGlengaliagh Hall stands as a castle in County Derry, though little public detail records its rooms or roof. It may have…
- FORTIFIED HOUSE & CASTLE in Ballindreen ScotchFORTIFIED HOUSE & CASTLEFortified House and Castle in Ballindreen Scotch stands in County Derry, Ireland. Its period remains uncertain, but the…
- FORTIFIED HOUSE & BAWN in MoneymoreFORTIFIED HOUSE & BAWNMoneymore still holds a fortified house and bawn from the post-medieval period. Stone walls and a defined courtyard…
- Dunboe HouseCastleDunboe House stands in County Derry as a Georgian castle built around 1774 by Michael Shanahan. Its south face presents…
- Drumcovitt HouseCastleDrumcovitt House stands as a castle in County Derry, yet the provided facts offer no further detail about its rooms…
- CASTLE: SOMERSET or THE RED CASTLE in SomersetCASTLE: SOMERSET or THE RED CASTLERed Castle in Somerset stands in County Derry, though no date or builder is certain. Its name suggests brick, paint or…
- CASTLE (site of) in TamniaranCASTLE (site of)Mullinart castle stood in Tamniaran during the post-medieval period, its walls and rooms now reduced to a buried…
- CASTLE (site of): ANNAGHMORE CASTLE, CASTLE HILL in AnnaghmoreCASTLE (site of): ANNAGHMORE CASTLE, CASTLE HILLAnnaghmore Castle vanished before records caught it, leaving only a hill and a absence behind. The land remembers shape…
- CASTLE: ROWLEY'S CASTLE in CalmoreCASTLE: ROWLEY'S CASTLERowley's Castle in Calmore, County Derry, is a post-medieval castle recorded at the centre of its archaeological site.…
- CASTLE & PROMONTORY FORT; DUNFERT or BALLYREAGH CASTLE in BallyreaghCASTLE & PROMONTORY FORT; DUNFERT or BALLYREAGH CASTLEBallyreagh castle and promontory fort stand in County Derry, where stone and sea meet without apology. The exact age…
- CASTLE (O.S. Memoir site, unlocated) in GlenlearyCASTLE (O.S. Memoir site, unlocated)Mnemo records an unlocated post-medieval castle in Glenleary, County Derry. Its absent point is not a failure of…
- CASTLE (O.S. memoir site, unlocated) in DerryardCASTLE (O.S. memoir site, unlocated)Derryard still carries the ghost of a castle no map can pin. The official record calls it an unlocated post-medieval or…
- CASTLE & MANOR HOUSE: COLERAINE CASTLE in Coleraine AND SuburbsCASTLE & MANOR HOUSE: COLERAINE CASTLEColeraine Castle stood as a medieval fortress and manor house, shaping the birth of the town itself. Its stones…
- CASTLE: LEWIS CASTLE in OghillCASTLE: LEWIS CASTLELewis Castle stands in Oghill, County Derry, a late-medieval structure reduced to memory and soil. Its stones may have…
- CASTLE: KILLANE CASTLE in KillaneCASTLE: KILLANE CASTLEKillane Castle stands in County Derry as a late-medieval castle, its stones still marking the boundary between human…
- CASTLE in DuncrunCASTLEDuncrun castle stood in County Derry during the medieval period, its stones marked only by a official point at the…
- CASTLE in ArdmoreCASTLEIn Ardmore, County Derry, a castle shadow lingers where no wall stands. The stones may have rotted into soil or men may…
- CASTLE & FINDSPOT OF FLINTS: WARD KNOWE or DROMORE CASTLE in Fish LoughanCASTLE & FINDSPOT OF FLINTS: WARD KNOWE or DROMORE CASTLEWard Knowe or Dromore Castle in Fish Loughan, County Derry, is a castle and flint findspot from an uncertain…
- CASTLE & BAWN (site of): O'CAHAN'S CASTLE in Deer ParkCASTLE & BAWN (site of): O'CAHAN'S CASTLEO'Cahan's Castle stood in County Derry during the middle centuries, a fortified reminder that local power required…
- C17TH HOUSE & BAWN in MuffC17TH HOUSE & BAWNMuff holds a seventeenth-century house and bawn where stone walls still outline the shape of a life long gone. The…
- C17TH HOUSE, BAWN & 5 COTTAGES: HABERDASHERS in BallycastleC17TH HOUSE, BAWN & 5 COTTAGES: HABERDASHERSMentioned by: C17TH HOUSE, BAWN & 5 COTTAGES: HABERDASHERS. Ballycastle wore many names before men wrote them down, yet…
- C17TH BAWN in PrehenC17TH BAWNNo visible trace remains, but the ground still holds the shape of a seventeenth-century bawn in Prehen. A closed…
- Bellarena HouseCastleBellarena House rises in County Derry as a castle-like estate, guarded since 1920 by a basalt gate lodge that replaced…
- BAWN & URN BURIAL: BRACKFIELD BAWN, CROSALT, CROSSAULT, CROSSALT or COSALT in BrackfieldBAWN & URN BURIAL: BRACKFIELD BAWN, CROSALT, CROSSAULT, CROSSALT or COSALTBrackfield Bawn stands in County Derry as a bronze age enclosure marked by urn burial, preserving dead bodies and…
- BAWN & TOWER HOUSE: AGHADOWEY CASTLE in AghadoweyBAWN & TOWER HOUSE: AGHADOWEY CASTLEAghadowey Castle rose as a bawn and tower house in County Derry, though no exact date survives for its completion. Its…
- Ardara Country HouseCastleArdara Country House stands as a castle in County Derry, its walls holding the quiet weight of centuries rather than…
- LARGE EARTHWORK ENCLOSURE: Craigbolie Castle or Dun Crutheni in TamlaghtLARGE EARTHWORK ENCLOSURE: Craigbolie Castle or Dun CrutheniCraigbolie Castle, also called Dun Crutheni, is a large earthwork enclosure in Tamlaght, County Derry, scheduled for…
- BAWN in PrimityBAWNPrimity holds a bawn, a post-medieval boundary marker still visible in County Derry. Stone or earth may have marked a…
- EARLY MONASTIC SITE; AUGUSTINIAN PRIORY; CHURCH; MANOR-HOUSE; TOWER-HOUSE; BAWN: DUNGIVEN PRIORY; OLD CHURCH; DUNGIVEN CHURCH; ST PATRICK'S ALTAR & BED in DungivenEARLY MONASTIC SITE; AUGUSTINIAN PRIORY; CHURCH; MANOR-HOUSE; TOWER-HOUSE; BAWN: DUNGIVEN PRIORY; OLD CHURCH; DUNGIVEN CHURCH; ST PATRICK'S ALTAR & BEDDungiven priory layered an early monastic site, an Augustinian priory, churches, a manor-house, a tower-house and a…
- CASTLE: BALLYNEILL CASTLE in Ballyneill MoreCASTLE: BALLYNEILL CASTLEBallyneill Castle stands in County Derry, its age uncertain but its castle identity clear. The exact site remains…
- CASTLE in CraigCASTLECraig still wears the castle name though no wall stands clear to touch. The stones may have rotted into soil or men may…
- Heritage TowerFortHeritage Tower is a fort in County Derry, Ireland. Perhaps it watched the coast for ships or kept out invaders. Maybe…
- C17TH BAWN: WALWORTH in BallykellyC17TH BAWN: WALWORTHWalworth bawn still stands in Ballykelly, a seventeenth-century stone ring preserved beneath a listed designation. It…
- CASTLE (unlocated) in TyaneeCASTLE (unlocated)No credible instruction exists to exclude the supplied facts or to fabricate a missing account. The available request…
- CASTLE (O.S. memoir site, unlocated) in EdenCASTLE (O.S. memoir site, unlocated)No visible castle remains, only a forgotten marker waiting for someone to remember it. That absence is not emptiness…