What is recorded here
Built by the British during the Napoleonic Wars in the early 19th century, Greencastle Martello Fort was part of a defensive network against potential French invasion. It is remembered as a historical example of Martello tower architecture in Ireland.
Places near here
Greencastle Fortbattery, barracks · 5 yd
ordnance stone/marker, milestone/milepostordnance stone/marker, milestone/milepost · 82 yd
Greencastle / Northburgh CastleCastle, Anglo-Norman masonry castle · 99 yd
GreencastleCastle · 103 yd
Inishowen Maritime Museum and PlanetariumMuseum · 932 yd
MARTELLO TOWER ON MAGILLIGAN POINT in Doaghs LowerMARTELLO TOWER ON MAGILLIGAN POINT · 1.0 mi
Sweet Nellie'sBeach / strand · 1.1 mi
Cross in CarrowhughCross · 1.3 mi
White StrandBeach / strand · 1.5 mi
CrockaulinMountain / peak · 2.1 mi
Dunagree PointHeadland · 2.4 mi
Cliffs, Inishowen HeadPublicly named cliff or headland · 2.8 miOther information
Photo: Michael Dibb · CC BY-SA 2.0