DUNGIVEN CASTLE (PART OF WALLS) in Dungiven — Report the wrong picture

What is recorded here

DUNGIVEN CASTLE (PART OF WALLS) still stands in Dungiven, County Derry, preserving a post-medieval structure from the C19TH period. These remaining walls belong to a scheduled site, marking them as historically important even when the full castle has vanished from common memory. They may have guarded a home, a road or a local claim to power, while people came and went without writing their names down. What is left is enough to show that the land was shaped, defended and lived upon long before modern maps existed.

The official Northern Ireland record identifies this as DUNGIVEN CASTLE (PART OF WALLS). Recorded period: C19TH; POST-MED. Recorded protection: Scheduled. The official map point was placed at the centre of the recorded archaeological site from the source map reference.

Dungiven Castle was built in the 17th century by the MacQuillan family, a prominent Gaelic clan in the area. It is remembered as part of the defensive structures in the region during the unsettled period following the Plantation of Ulster.

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