TOWER-HOUSE: OLDERFLEETE CASTLE in Larne — Report the wrong picture

What is recorded here

Olderfleete Castle stood as a post-medieval tower house in Larne, its stones built to watch the coast and command the local waters. The structure served as a fortified home where residence and defence merged into one tall silhouette against the sky. Such towers often marked powerful families or volatile borderlands, suggesting life inside was shaped by visibility, vulnerability and pride.

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

Olderfleet Castle, a tower-house in Larne, was built in the late 15th or early 16th century by the MacQuillan family, Gaelic lords of the area. It is remembered as a significant defensive structure in the history of east Antrim, reflecting the transition from Gaelic to English influence in the region.

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