What is recorded here

Derrywoone Castle stands in Barons Court as a post-medieval fortified house, marked on official lists and protected from careless change. Stone walls and chamber shapes still trace the lives of the people who built, defended and abandoned the place. What is certain is that it existed, endured and became heritage; what is lost is the sound of doors, argument, laughter and fear inside those rooms.

The official Northern Ireland record identifies this as FORTIFIED HOUSE: DERRYWOONE CASTLE. Recorded period: POST-MED. Recorded protection: Scheduled. The official map point was placed at the centre of the recorded archaeological site from the source map reference.

Derrywoone Castle, a fortified house in Barons Court, was likely built during the late medieval or early post-medieval period, possibly by a local Gaelic or Anglo-Irish lord. It is remembered as an example of defensive domestic architecture in the region and is protected as a scheduled monument.

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