What is recorded here

Kinbane Castle stands on a white chalk head in County Antrim, built around 1547 by Colla MacDonnell to command the exposed coast. The tower still rises above the sea despite cannon fire from 1551 and centuries of weathering, while the courtyard holds only faint traces of burnt pottery and animal bones. Tradition claims rocks once rolled onto English soldiers in the hollow below, but the stones themselves give no answer to that much blood or pride.

Kinbane Castle is recorded as a castle in County Antrim. Its open map record supplies this location and any linked names or public references.

Kinbane Castle was built by the MacDonnell clan in the 16th century and later held by the MacQuillans, who were prominent Gaelic lords in the area. It is important as a historic stronghold associated with the resistance against English colonization in Ulster during the late 16th and early 17th centuries.