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Duniney
Castle also Dunaneeny castle |
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The ruins of Duniney Castle are scattered on the cliffs overlooking Ballycastle bay, the name means 'fort of the fair.' A fair has been held here since the 1400's
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Dunaneeny
Castle from "Sketches of olden days in Northern Ireland"
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Belfast
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(Mouth of the river Farset.)
Belfast Castle on the slopes of the Cave Hill was
begun in Its last owner the 9th Lord Shaftesbury who was Lord Mayor of Belfast in 1907. He presented the castle and grounds to the City in 1934 The castle is now run by the City Council as a hotel catering for corporate events. It is also a licensed wedding venue.
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1832 by the 3rd Marquis of Donegal.
It replaced an earlier castle that had been burnt in the 18th century.
The design was by W H Lynn it is in the Scottish Baronial style with a
six storey tower dominating the building. Inside the castle has oak panelled
walls and ornate fireplaces there is also a very fine ballroom. It appears
to have a lot of similarities with Balmoral the Royal castle in Scotland.
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Ballygally
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Ballygally Castle stands on the scenic County Antrim coast at the foot of the famous Glens of Antrim, Ballygally Castle was built in 1625 by James Shaw from Greenock, Scotland Shaw came to Ireland to seek his fortune in the Plantation of Ulster, he rented land from the Earl of Antrim for £24 a year. Shaw set about building a castle which was necessary to enable him to maintain control of the property he understandably choose the the Scottish Baronial style, the base of the walls were five feet thick. The castle stood within a a square bawn with towers on each of the corners, renovations were carried out in the 1760's giving it's present outward appearence.
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Dunseverick
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Dunluce
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Castle is built on a 100 ft high basalt stack with a sea cave beneath,
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Full List of County Antrim Castles.
| Castle Name | Condition | Description | Parish/Townland | Map ref |
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| [Antiquity] in the R.C. burial-ground at Friar's Bush (Roshin Children's Burial Ground) | None | Motte - "Although circular in shape there is no evidence for an enclosure" | Belfast, Belfast | |
| [Antiquity] Near Lismoine (Lismoyne) | None | Motte? - Probably Ancient Fort or Mott | Belfast, Belfast | |
| [Antiquity] on the grounds of Malone near Lismoine (Lismoyne) | None | Motte? - Probably Ancient Fort or Mott | Belfast, Belfast | |
| Altagore Cashel | Ruin | Cashel - "The entrance to the cashel lies to NE of the centre. To W of the entrance are stone steps leading to top of the wall. The internal diam. of the cashel is 15.6m x 17.1m, while externally it is 19m x 21m." | Culfeightrin, Altagore | D24953488 |
| Antrim Castle (1) | None | Castle -- "Motte and Bailey castle." | Antrim, Town Parks | J14508673 |
| Antrim Castle (2) | Ruins | Mansion (Castlised) -- "motte & an abbey" | Antrim, Town Parks | J14458673 |
| Antrim Round Tower ("the Steeple") | Ful* | Round Tower - "28m (92ft) high, the only visible surviving structure of a monastic site. It stands on top of a small, sub-circular mound 10.2m N-S x 9.1m E-W, which is 0.9m high at E. The tower is 5.5m in diameter externally. According to the OS memoirs, the section of the tower below the door is solid masonry filled in in 1819 to give stability. The doorway faces N with the sill 2.85m above the top of the mound. Above the lintel is a stone carved with a ringed cross." | Antrim, Steeple | J15448770 |
| Armory Round Tower | Partial | Round Tower - "...The tower is about 11m high and has three storeys … there is no indication of the original height." | Armoy, Glebe | D07783325 |
| Ballintoy Castle | None | Castle -- "There are now no visible remains of this castle or bawn" | Ballintoy, Ballintoy | D03894478 |
| Ballycastle Castle (1) (Baile Cashlein, Claricashan Castle) | None | Ancient Fort -- "There are now no visible remains of this castle, the site of which has been built over & destroyed." | Ballycastle/Ramoan, Ballycastle town | D11524061? |
| Ballycastle Castle (2) ("faire castel('s)") | None | Castle -- "There are now no visible remains of this castle, the site of which has been built over & destroyed." | Ballycastle/Ramoan, Ballycastle town | D11524061 |
| Ballyellough Bawn | None | House and Bawn - "The house & bawn were built by 1611 by Sir Faulk Conway & taken by the O'Neills in 1641." | Magheragall, Ballyelough | J20456626 |
| Ballyellough Round Tower | None | Round Tower? - "This is reputed to be the site of a medieval parish church.." and posible site of a Round Tower. | Magheragall, Ballyellough | J20756582 |
| Ballygally Castle (Cairn Castle) | Full | Castle -- "Scottish Style" - Rectangular plan, with flanking tower at NE with entrance and stone spiral stairs. Four storeys. Walls about 5ft thick and high corner turrets, perforated with musketry loopholes. loopholes. Surrounded by bawn with 4 corner towers | Cairncastle, Ballygally | D37250781 |
| Ballylough Castle (Baile-an-locha) | Ruin | Castle -- "The castle survives as the remains of 2 walls forming the W & N sides of the tower, with a narrow doorway in the W walls. From the doorway, steps lead up to a recess & through the N side of this is a small chamber…" | Billy, Ballylough more | C94793745 |
| Ballymagarry Castle | None | Castle - "...nothing remained ... Adam Hunter subsequently built a 2 storey house on the site." | Dunluce, Ballymagarry | C89454024 |
| Ballymena Castle (1) (Braids water Moat) | None | Castle -- "a very remarkable moat rising from the brink of the river to a great height, and now covered with a plantation." | Kirkinriola, Ballymena | D 113 029 |
| Ballymena Castle (2) | None* | Castle -- "Scottish baronial Style" | Kirkinriola, Ballymena | D 113 029 |
| Ballymoney Castle (Major Rowan[/River] estate Moat[/Raised earth)] | None | Ancient Castle - "...the great mound beside the River Bann near the present Agivey Bridge, which became the residence of the local Celtic King." | Ballymoney, Colebreene Upper | C89212619? |
| Ballymoy Cashel | Ruins | Cashel - "the ruins of a large oval fort." "This mound runs NE-SW across the eminence & is 6-8m across & 0.8m high, falling quite steeply at SE to merge with the natural slope." | Billy, Ballymoy | C97054315 |
| Ballywee Rath | None | Rath - "This is a well preserved Early Christian settlement site enclosed by 2 arcs of low banks." | Donegore, Ballywee | J21858987 |
| Belfast Castle (1) | None | Castle - "Norman" | Shankhill, Belfast | J33907428 |
| Belfast Castle (2) | None | Castle - "Stone and Timber Castle" | Shankhill, Belfast | J 329 792 |
| Belfast Castle (3) | Full* | Castle - "Scottish Barronal Style" | Shankhill, Belfast | J 329 792 |
| Bottom Fortress ("McQuillan's Castle") | Ruins | Cashel - " This is a large, irregular shaped mound which has been quarried at the SW extending almost to the mound centre. Many boulders, some earthfast, are strewn over the site particularly in the quarried area." | Kirkinriola, KillyFlugh | D10630606 |
| Broomore motte/fort (Broommore, Brugh-more, "the great fort or mansion") | None | Ancient Fort - "a poorly preserved mound of earth & stones. The top is oval, 18m x 14.5m and undulates due to quarrying. The edge of a linear stone-faced scarp, 1.3m high is detectable 7.5m from the N edge of the mound." | Ballycastle/Ramoan, Broom-more | D09933830 |
| Broughshane Village Bawn | None | Castle and Bawn - "… described in OS Mem and by O'Laverty as a castle surrounded by a fortified yard." | Racavan, Broughshane | D15130663 |
| Bruce's Castle It was near this castle that Robert Bruce (Later to become king of Scotland) reputedly hid out and was inspired by the efforts of a spider. | Ruin | Castle - "...the castle has an outer ward and an inner ward. The outer ward is rectangular area defined on 3 sides by cliffs. On the N the promontory is cut off by a substantial ditch with the remains of an outer bank at W corner. At E corner are the remains of a ?corner tower. Traces of a curtain wall link with a less prominent projection at W. The inner area slopes gently down to S with no indication of buildings. Remains of curtain wall survive on N perimeter." The entire garrison of this castle along with the inhabitants of the island were massacred by Sir James Norris |
Rathlin Island, Ballycarry | D16365153 |
| Cairnmoon ("a seat for Fairies") | None | Cairn - "an ancient cairn of stones called Cairnmood ...but the cairn is at present destroyed." | Ballycastle/Ramoan, Carnmoon | D09434280 |
| Carnkirk Castle | Ruins | Cairn - "It consists of a mound of earth & stone partially surrounded by remains of a large ditch & outer bank." | Billy, Carnkirk | C95714230 |
| Carrickfergus Castle (Rock of Fergus, Carrigfergus Castle, Castle Carey, Castle Kerragh) | Partial* | Castle - "The core of this castle - the inner ward & keep ... is a 4 storey tower, 90ft high, with a 2nd storey entrance….This middle ward wall was later reduced to ground level in C18th, save along the sea-ward side, where it survives with a postern gate, & the E tower. & the rest of the promontory was enclosed to form an outer ward, doubling the area of the castle, with 2 polygonal towers at W & an twin-towered gatehouse at N; during C16th, the towers were cut in half to accomodate artillery, along with various other improvements during C16th & C17th." | Carrickfergus, Carrickfergus | J41438725 |
| Carrickfergus Tower-House | None | Tower-House - | Carrickfergus, Carrickfergus | J41198747 |
| Carrickfergus Tower-House (at Dobbin's Hotel) | None | Tower-House - | Carrickfergus, Carrickfergus | J41398745 |
| Castle (Site of) | Ruins | Castle - "A massive motte-like outcrop with concave top and remains of rectangualar stone structure comprised of a low earth and stone bank 1.3m wide and 11.5m N/S x 10.5mE/W." | Rathlin Island, Ballycarry | D15325125 |
| Castle An Teenie ("Castle Of Fire") | None | Castle - "..stood on Rathmore Hill … close to the cliff opposite the gate going up from the town." | Ballywillin, Portrush | C860402 |
| Castle Cam (Freeston Castle) | None | Ancient Fort - "in Upper Malone was an extensive fort...on the site of which the elegant mansion of Malone House has been erected." | Shankill, Malone Upper | J32366926? |
| Castle Carra (Cushendun Castle) | Ruin | Tower-house - "There is a single tower of a castle…" | Culfeightrin, Castle park | D24973346 |
| Castle Chichester | Ruin | Tower-house - "The building measures at the base 8.2m E-W x 8.1m N-S and is approx 11m high. The entrance, on the seaward side is now bricked up for saftey, leaving no access to the interior. There are narrow windows on the 1st and 2nd floors and one incorporates a reused piece of moulded stone. The owner has stabalised the outer face of the walls and has an ongoing repair plan involving the inside and the surroundings." "Its square form, the style of its construction, particularly in its secret stairs constructed in its walls, suggest the idea that its erection took place in the 12th or 13th century" | Templecorran, White Head | J47639201 |
| Castle Cross (Cross Castle, Cross House, Cross Moat) | None | Castle - "there traces of a possible perimeter to the site are visible W of it. In the area between Cross House & the bungalow is a small eminence which offers the best chance of underground remains." | Ballymoney, Cross | C91452270 |
| Castle Culbert | None | Castle - "One large earthfast slab survives on the top of the eminence, which falls away almost sheer down some 10 - 15m to the river. This natural slope is completely overgrown." | Culfietrin, Brackney | D13533900 |
| Castle Dobbs | Ruins | Castle - "... this is a small, square Plantation Castle... The remains are of rubble stone with timber lintels & consist mainly of one edge wall & pieces of 2 adjoining side walls." | Kilroot, Dobbsland | J44279073 |
| Castle Hill Castle | None | Castle - "on which a castle is said to have formerly stood...the foundation walls were raised [razed] in reclaiming the site at some former period". | Dunluce, Ballybogy | C916324 |
| Castle Lug (Clogh-na-Larty, Castle Lugg) | Ruin | Tower-house - "a square tower... nothing now remains but a portion of the N wall 27ft long & 25ft high - with a very small portion of the E side attached to it… the remains of the N wall, 8m long x 1.2m thick x c.5m high & a fragment of the E wall surviving at the NE corner. Two modern walls extend S from the E & W sides of the N wall & formed part of a forge." | Carrick, Greenisland | J37398440 |
| Castle Robin (2) | Ruin | Fortified House - "C17th fortified house, of 3 stories. The house was 40ft x 21ft externally with walls 3ft thick. Its NW corner lies only 36ft from the E side of the ditch of the motte & bailey. The bailey has been almost completely obliterated by the house & much of the ditch also filled in. The motte is 9m x 10m across the summit & 29m x 24m across the base. It stands 4.75-7m high & the ditch is 2.3m wide, with a counterscarp bank 1.2m above the ditch, 4m wide & 1.5m high… The remains of the bailey to W are 26.5m across NW-SE x 13.3m NE-SW. The counterscarp bank has a sharp profile & may not be contempory with the rest of the site." | Derryaghy, Mulaghglass | J24796857 |
| Castle Upton (Norton Castle) | Full* | Castle - "plantation castle ... incorporated the remains of an ealier monastery, including 2 of the present circular towers." | Templepatrick, Templepatrick | J22808590 |
| Castle Voodish | None | Castle - "this is the site of a castle of which nothing remains and traditionally of souterrains (O'Laverty, 1887). There is now no trace of castle or souterrains (1989)." | Rathlin Island, Carravindoon | D156488 |
| Chaine Memorial Tower (Larne Round Tower) | Full* | Round Tower - "Replica of a round tower standing 90 feet high." | Larne, Larne | |
| Clair Castle (Clare Castle) | None | Castle - "The walls were of great thickness & run together with a mortar of superior quality." | Ballycastle/Ramoan, Clare | D10774174 |
| Clare Bawn | None | Possible Bawn - "This site was identified from Aps taken in 1983 and consists of a rectangular enclosure, c.60m x 40m. It is less clear to S, but at NE and NW sub-circular projections are visible which may bethe founds for corner towers. In the interior, a parchmark suggests a fairly large rectangular building in the centre of the main enclosure." | Ballycastle/Ramoan, Clare | D10654156 |
| Clogh Castle (Clough Castle) | Ruins | Castle - "All that remains at this site are the very poorly preserved and unstable ruins of a rubble and mortar gatehouse on the NW perimeter of the top of the knoll." | Dunaghy, Cloghgaldanagh | D09541470 |
| Cloghduinmurray (Cloughanmurry) | None | Ancient Fort (Motte and Bailey) - "The summit is approx. 8m x 5m & stands c.13m high at E. At the N edge are vestiges of a structure consisting of a linear section of masonry 1.6m long running E-W & standing 1.3m high internally." | Ballycastle/Ramoan, Cloughanmurray | D08383745 |
| Curfew Tower (Turnly's Tower) | Full* | Prison Tower - "The Tower is 20 feet square, tapered, and rises four storeys to a height of 40 feet, topped by modest battlements; on each of its four faces there are projecting windows, with a murder-hole in the base of the lowest. It is built of a rich red sandstone rubble, one wall being slate-hung. In the base of the east wall is inset a modest fountain capped by Mr. Turnly's initials. The doorway is narrow and round headed; the door itself is most medieval, sheathed in iron with knobs on it." | Cushendall, Cushendall | |
| Cushendall Castle (Cusendull, Newtown-Glenns town, Castle of Court Martin?) | None | Castle - "The only visible remains are those of the surrounding wall of the enclosure. The wall is not well preserved, the outer face only surviving at E angle." | Layd, Cushandal | D23502764 |
| Cushlancarragh Castle | None | Castle - "no trace is visible above ground, between the rocks in this area is a low natural rise. No stone could be found (by probing) close to the surface." | Layd, Cushandal | D24432773 |
| Dalways Bawn | Partial | Bawn - "a rectangular bawn with four round flanking towers, three of which still exist." | Kilroot, Ballyhill | J44279143 |
| Deffrick Castle | Ruins | Unknown - "On high ground, with extensive views all round. The site lies on the N side of a NE/SW boundary & consists of 2 portions of a platform, which seem to represent the remnant of a larger mound. The gap between them is probably created by a farm track. The S end of the platform, which abuts the boundary, forms a rectangular area 7.5m x 4.5m wide & 1.5m high, with an almost vertical N face. The N portion is rougher, 16m long x 7m wide & 1.5m high." | Billy, Deffrick | C99323484 |
| Doonaninny Castle (1) (Dun/Duin/Doon-a/an/in- aenaighe/any/anie/eenie/eeny/ eanie/eny/eeny/ynie, Dinynie, "Fort of the Fair" ) | None | Castle - "consist of an almost level, almost triangular area 30m N-S x 45m wide, which falls away sheer down the cliff SE-S-SW & is enclosed elsewhere by a rock-cut ditch. There are traces of a gatehouse at S. The walls survive to c.2m high & 1m thick, while the remains of the gatehouse are 3m high. According to McNeill, the remains of 2 structures survive in the interior, with traces of others." | Ballycastle/Ramoan, Town Parks | D11384190 |
| Doonaninny Castle (2) (Dun/Duin/Doon-a/an/in- aenaighe/any/anie/eenie/eeny/ eanie/eny/eeny/ynie, Dinynie, "Fort of the Fair" ) (New) | None | Ancient Fort - "consist of an almost level, almost triangular area 30m N-S x 45m wide, which falls away sheer down the cliff SE-S-SW & is enclosed elsewhere by a rock-cut ditch. There are traces of a gatehouse at S. The walls survive to c.2m high & 1m thick, while the remains of the gatehouse are 3m high. According to McNeill, the remains of 2 structures survive in the interior, with traces of others." | Ballycastle/Ramoan, Town Parks | D11384190 |
| Doonbought Fort | Ruins | Ancient fort - "...hilltop fortification comprising a large, outer oval enclosure and an inner polygonal enclosure. A subrectangular depression just N of centre of the inner enclosure and extending NW..." | Dunaghy, Doonbought | D10841307 |
| Doonmore Castle | None | Motte - "The site was excavated by Childe, who found stone walls 3-4ft thick & remains of bretasche, imported glazed pot and unglazed local pot of early Anglo-Norman period. McNeill refers to it as '...Not a true motte....but used like one…' (1975). " | Culfeightrin, Cross | D17244263 |
| Dromore Castle | None | Rath - "There are now no visible remains of this rath and souterrain which was excavated in 1964 prior to destruction." | Rasharkin, Dromore | D04751354 |
| Duinnagregor Castle (Dunagregar, Dunagregor) | None | Ancient Fort - "There are now no visible remains of any structures at this site, which consists of a roughly triangular platform, falling to the sea at W, N & E. It is defined at S by a modern field boundary, on the N side of which are traces of a ditch 2.5m wide & 0.7m deep. The platform is c.25m N-S & approx. 35m wide." | BallyCastle/Ramoan, Carnduff | D10014291 |
| Dun-A-Mallaght (Dunnamallachd rath, "Fortress of the curse” ) | None | Ancient Fort - "This large mound, probably a motte, is now within a red deer enclosure & could only be inspected from the S foot of the mound on the S side of a modern field boundary traversing it. It is oval, approx. 20m x 16.5m across & stands 4.4m high at SSE-S-NW, while at N, it is some 10m high. The almost level summit appears to be circular, approx. 10m in diam. & just S of the centre is a square platform c.0.5m high with sides c.6m long, which the OS memoirs record as the base of a grotto." | Ballycastle/Ramoan, Town Parks | D12074085 |
| Dunanny Fort ('The Fort of the Assemblies', 'The Fort of the Watery Place') | None | Rath - "This is a well preserved raised rath with a steep earthen scarp surmounted by an earthen bank which encloses a hollow interior which is very damp. A wide ditch encircles the site, but is absent at S & W." | Carnmoney, Dunanny | J33348243 |
| Duncarbit Castle ("castle on the corner") (Site of Burnt House) | None | Ancient Fort - "...the site of a destroyed castle on which was built the 'Burnt House'." | Culfietrin, Duncarbit | D14323544 |
| Dunluce Castle (1) (Dun Lois, Portramon, "strong fort") (Ancient Fort) | None | Ancient Fort - "Dunluce castle stands on a site of an early Irish fort." | Dunluce, Bushmills | C90464137 |
| Dunluce Castle (2) (Portramon) | Ruin | Castle - Earliest parts of castle are probably 14th cent but not documented until 16th. Badly damaged 1584..repaired and extended..but decayed late 17th cent. Rectangular mainland court with C17th buildings leads down to gatehouse of Scottish style formerly reached by a drawbridge. | Dunluce, Bushmills | C90464137 |
| Dun-Rainey ("the fort of the Queen") | None | Ancient Fort - "The original shape of the mound has gone & it is now sub-rectangular with a flat summit. It measures approx. 24.8m x 25m & at SSW stands 5m high. It appears to be joined at NNW by a natural, lower-lying ridge. There is no visible trace of a ditch or an entrance to the summit." | Ballycastle/Ramoan, Bonamargy | D12624074 |
| Dunseverick Castle | Ruin | Tower house -- Scottish Fortress. | Billy, Feigh/Dunsevirk | C98764458 |
| Dunsilly (1) (Ring Fort) | None | Irish ring-fort - | Antrim, Dunsilly | J14088890 |
| Dunsilly (2) (motte) | None | Motte - "The motte, some 4m. high and 8m. across the top." Built over an Irish ring-fort | Antrim, Dunsilly | J14088890 |
| Dunsobairce (Dun Sovaric, Dun Sohbairche, "Fortress of Sobairce") (Ancient Fortress at Dunseverick Castle) | None | Ancient Fortress - | Billy, Feigh/Dunsevirk | C98764458 |
| Flower Hill Castle | None | Castle - | Billy, Flower Hill | C9338 |
| Galgorm Castle | Full* | Castle - "a 17th century bawn with a later house inserted into the centre of the bawn spanning the full width. The rectangular bawn with four flankers is roughly aligned N-S. No trace remains of the N wall of the bawn which has been replaced by a modern wall with an entrance gap.." | Ahogill/Ballymena, Galgorm | D08180228 |
| Garron Tower | Full* | Promontory Fort - | Ardclinis, Galboly Lower | D30102395 |
| Glenarm Castle (1-Medieval) | None | Castle - "The town hall is traditionally held to have been built on the site of this late medieval castle" | Tickmacrevan or Glenarm | D31051507 |
| Glenarm Castle (2-Jacobean) | None | Castle - "It was the same square building we see today, but no architectural details remain apart from a coat of arms now incorporated in the 'Barbican' gateway. It was probably a plain Irish Jacobean building with simple mullioned windows and few embellishments." | Tickmacrevan or Glenarm | D 309150 |
| Glenarm Castle (3-Gothic) | Full* | Fortified House (Gothic Style) - "transformed the ruin into a Palladian mansion. The main front had an eccentric appearance, for its entire fenestration consisted of three-light Venetian windows...Curved colonnades swept forwards on either side, ending in pavilions with pyramidical roofs… The seaward facing facade was topped by a turreted and crenellated pediment, giving it a modestly 'Gothick' air. Houses…" | Tickmacrevan or Glenarm | D 309150 |
| Goban-saor Castle (Gobban-saor Castle, Cloughneeingoban) | Ruin | Church - "church formerly called Cloughneeingoban and lately Gobbin's Heir Castle was substituted for it. Dr. Reeves's antiquarian knowledge enabled him at once to see that the term Castle was a complete perversion, as every feature of the spot is indicative of an ecclesiastical character…" | Ballycastle/Ramoan, Drumeeny | D13253876 |
| Green Castle (Castlegreen) | None | Tower-house - "There are several references to the castle, recording masonry, with 'very high & deep outworks'. The location of these is not recorded.No archaeological remains were visible." | Shankhill, Belfast | J34127926 |
| Harryville Motte | None | Motte and Bailey - "Well preserved truncated conical mound with flat top with damage to its otherwise uniform steep sides at N and S. A ditch encircles the mound and is itself encircled by a massive outer bank. The bailey at SE is a high rectangular platform with a perimeter bank." | Ballyclug/Ballymena, Ballykeel | D11220260 |
| Hilsbrowe Fort | None | Fort - "...a stronge forte buylte upon a passage on the playnes of Moylon with a stronge palisade & a drawbridge called Hilsbrowe. Within it is a fayre timber house walled with bricks & a towre slated..." | Shankill, Malone Upper | J32176911 |
| Innisloghlin Castle (Inisloughlin Castle) | None | Castle - "an ancient building said to belong to the O'Neills close to the main fort with a draw well which joined the river through a conduit, but not visible now." | Magheramesk, Inisloughlin | J17386058 |
| Innisloghlin Fort (Inisloughlin Fort) | None | Fort - "The OS memoirs describe the fort as 40yds square with corner bastions, only the SE one survived in 1837. ...only the fall of the ground is discernible now..." | Magheramesk, Inosloughlin | J17556065 |
| Island Magee Castle (Portmuch, Portmuck Castle) | Ruin | Castle - a stump of a castle gatehouse, 12-15ft high with a barrel vault over the ground storey. A sallyport built up the side of the cliff would give access by ladder to the sea. Originally the walls ran from the gatehouse to the cliff edge, but the structure has been much robbed of stone." | Island Magee, Portmuck | D46100237 |
| Kilcreg fort | None | Ancient Fort - "the ruins of a fort...40yds in diameter, but now completely disfigured." | Ballycastle/Ramoan, Kilcreg | D12033983 |
| Killead Castle ("The Lodge") | None | Castle - "...only part of the walls & a cellar containing a well survive...the wall is now the gable of a cottage & the cellar is incorporated in a shooting lodge" | Killead, Ballyginniff | J11138092 |
| Kilroot Bishop's House | Ruins | House and Bawn - "The bawn was 243ft x 204ft, with circular bastions; the S & W ones have disappeared & the N & E ones are damaged. The gable of the house, now in ruins, forms part of the graveyard boundary & had 3 storeys & an open courtyard the full length of the house, which was 60ft x 40ft." | Kilroot, Kilroot | J45008948 |
| Kilwaughter Castle (1) | None | Tower-house - T-plan. "It was 4 storeys high with corner turrets. The N limb of the T contained a stair case, with an entrance on the ground floor, leading to a doorway into the main block. There was also a bawn NW of the tower-house, of which one wall and corner survive." | Kilwaughter, Demesne | D35650150 |
| Kilwaughter Castle (2) | Partial* | Mansion (Castlized) - "The house incorporating the tower-house is in a ruinous state; the roof has fallen in. The tower-house is still visible within the house" | Kilwaughter, Demesne | D35650150 |
| Kilwaughter Mote | None | Mott - "This is a flat topped earthen mound surrounded by a ditch and outer bank" | Kilwaughter, Demesne | D35750170 |
| Kinbane Castle (Ceann ban, Kenbane, Kenbaan, Mac Allister's castle) | Ruin& | Castle - "a curvilinear courtyard with a tower house at the SSW corner. The courtyard, 40m x 27m, is enclosed by a curtain wall. The tower is square, 6.8m externally & 4m internally, although the SE corner has dropped into the sea. Otherwise, it surivives to roof level (c.7m high) & consists of 2 storeys. The doorway is at ground level, in the centre of the N wall & there is a wall walk around the roof." | Ballycastle/Ramoan, Cregganboy | D08794381 |
| Lisburn Castle (1) (Castle of Lisnagarvey, O'Neill's Castle in Lisburn, Conway Castle) | None | Castle - "Very imposing was the appearance of the deposed O'Neill's residence which consisted of an immense pile of buildings situate on a mound that overlooked the valley through which the River Lagan ran and in its outward aspect seemed rather like some place of defence rather than the home of an Irish Prince. In its architecture the leading features were castellated turrets and high-peaked gables while right above the windows were numerous loopholes from each of which projected the muzzle of a cannon. The interior of the Castle, its living rooms, dormitories and audience chambers exhibited little, either in form of promotion or of comfort, carved panellings marked the finish of each apartment, and, as wood formed the principal fuel, the hearths occupied very large spaces." | Blaris, Lisbun | J26946433 |
| Lisburn Castle (2) (Conway Castle) (Manor House) | None | Mansion (Castlized) - " …the Manor of Killultagh. On this was built a castellated house.." | Blaris, Lisbun | J26946433 |
| Lissanoure Castle (1) (“little dun fort”, "Liosán Odhar", Lisanoure Castle, Lisamoure Castle, Lough Guile “the narrow lake” Castle) | None | Castle - | Loughguile, Castlequarter | D06602437 |
| Lissanoure Castle (2) (“little dun fort”, "Liosán Odhar", Lisanoure Castle, Lisamoure Castle, Lough Guile “the narrow lake” Castle) | None | Castle - | Loughguile, Castlequarter | D06602437 |
| Lissanoure Castle (3) (“little dun fort”, "Liosán Odhar", Lisanoure Castle, Lisamoure Castle, Lough Guile “the narrow lake” Castle) | Full | House (Fortified) -- "The ruins are of a fortified house and stable block with an interior courtyard, set on a platform defined by a much landscaped curvilinear scarp on average 2m high." | Loughguile, Castlequarter | D06602437 |
| Moore Fort Moat | None | Rath -- "It appears to be quite large suggesting this may be a rath" | Ballymoney, Drumaheglis | C90672560 |
| Moses Hill's House | Not Found | Fortified House and Bawn - "...a stronge house of stone 56ft longe & entendes to make it two stories and a halfe high... & to buylde a good bawne of lyme & stone aboute it". | Shankill, Malone Lower | J335713 |
| Mount Hamilton castle | None | Castle - "On a gentle eminence, near the centre of the parish, are some remains of Mount Hamilton castle, in front of which was the lake [Mount Hamilton Lough]." "O'Laverty recorded a 'fortified island'... in Lough Hardwarnes. | Killagan, Mount Hamilton | D07241912? |
| Mount Hamilton Fort | None | Fort - "a large circular earthwork, called Mount Hamilton Fort" | Killagan, Mount Hamilton | D06411995? |
| Moyessit tumuli[Ancient Grave Mound] | Cairn - | Ahoghill or Maghrahogill, Moyessit | ||
| Olderfleet Castle (Larne Castle, Castle of Corran/Corrain/Curran) | Ruin& | Tower-house - "This tower-house is shown on Speed's map (1610) as 'Coraine', though it is now known as 'Olderfleet' (N.B. not to be confused with 'Olderfleete' Castle). The once square tower is believed to have been built as a defended warehouse & watch tower. The NW & SW walls are largely destroyed. "The interior seems to be divided into 2 main rooms, with an inner partion wall. The main entrance is near the E side of the SW wall. It is believed to have been 4 storeys high." | Larne, Corran | D41330165 |
| Olderfleete Castle | None | Tower-house - "a tower-house was shown on Speede's map (1610) as Olderfleete Castle at the mouth of the Larne River, on its left bank. The precise location is uncertain. " | Inver or Larne, Larne | D40050240 |
| OldStone Hill (Oldstone Castle, ?Clogh Castle) | None | Castle - "the castle was burnt in 1798 after the encounter at Antrim to prevent its being used by the rebels." | Grange of Muckmore, Oldstone | J16288408 |
| Portglenone Castle ('Fort of Eochain's Meadow" Former site of O'Neils Castle,) | None | Castle - "There are now no visible remains of this fortification..." | Portglenone, Garvaghy | C97700379 |
| Portmore Castle (1) | None | Castle - "… the site of a more ancient fortress." | Ballinderry, Portmore | J12156845 |
| Portmore Castle (2) | None | Castle - "… it contained accommodation for two troops of horse, with a range of stabling 140 feet in length, 35 feet in breadth, and 40 feet in height; the remains consist only of the ancient garden wall, part of the stables, and the ruins of one of the bastions." | Ballinderry, Portmore | J12156845 |
| PortRush Castle (1) | None | Castle - "The castle was built between 1602 & 1605 & was destroyed in 1642 by General Monroe. There is tradition of an earlier castle at the site, destroyed c.1584." | Ballywillin, Portrush | C85494091 |
| PortRush Castle (2) | None | Castle - "The castle was built between 1602 & 1605 & was destroyed in 1642 by General Monroe. There is tradition of an earlier castle at the site, destroyed c.1584." | Ballywillin, Portrush | C85494091 |
| Priory of Templepatrick, Order of St. John's (Became Upton Castle) | Ruins | Monestary - | TemplePatrick, Templepatrick | J22808590 |
| Ram's Island Round Tower | Partial* | Round Tower - "the Round Tower which stands on top of a steep eminence near the east shore of the island. It is constructed from fairly small rounded stones which may well have come from the island's shores, and is forty three feet high, but was probably somewhat higher when it was originally built. The original doorway was about eight feet above ground level on the south side of the tower and is now built up; a more recent one at ground level on the west side was built up in the late 1960s to give the tower extra strength.Two fairly small windows survive further up the tower." | Glenavy, Ram's Head Island | J09657211 |
| Red Bay Castle (1) (Uaimhaderg) | None | Castle - | Layd, Red Bay | D24292617 |
| Red Bay Castle (2) (Uaimhaderg) | Ruin | Castle - "A motte and two irregular baileys on a promontory, possibly the site of a promontory fort" | Layd, Red Bay | D24292617 |
| Red Bay Castle (3) | Ruin | Castle - "A motte and two irregular baileys on a promontory, possibly the site of a promontory fort" | Layd, Red Bay | D24292617 |
| Red Bay Castle (4) | Ruin | Castle - "A motte and two irregular baileys on a promontory, possibly the site of a promontory fort" | Layd, Red Bay | D24292617 |
| Redhall Tower-House (Ireww, Irwo, Irve, Temple Ichevecham) | Tower-House - "Tower house … on site of medieval parish church." | Templecorran, Redhall | J44939501 | |
| Retreat Castle | Ruins | Village - "There are at least thirteen structures, either rectangular or square, in varying states of preservation." | Layd, Retreat | D20382421 |
| Shane’s Castle (castle of Edenduffcarrick) | Ruin | Castle - "These are the poorly preserved ruins of a sucession of castles. The earliest structure visible is a central tower-house which has been extensively repaired & altered, with later buildings adjoining & around it. The majority of these date to C18th & 19th. Only 3 walls of the tower-house survive & at least one of these has been almost completely rebuilt. Later repairs & constructions have destroyed most of the original details of the tower-house. It is 5.3m x 6.6m wide internally with walls 1-1.5m thick. The interior is filled with rubble & scrub." | Drummaul, Shane's Castle Park | J11648798 |
| Staffordstown Castle | Not Found | Castle - "...the destruction of a 'guardhouse' & a 'castle' are recorded in detail in the 1837 OS memoir." | Duneane, Staffordstown | J03778674 |
| Stormont Castle | Full | Castle - "The whole image and particularly the outline of the building, was given a "baronial" character with turrets, battlements, bartizans with conical caps, iron cresting and weather vanes. The Cleland Monogram was used on the shields held by the snarling stone gryphons which still guard the main entrance to the Castle, while the year, "1856 is set above the secondary entrance." | Belfast, Belfast | |
| Straboy Castle (McQuillan's Castle) | Ruins | Castle - "The motte summit appears to be circular or oval. A circular depression, giving the appearance of a bank from the interior, has been cut at the centre of the summit. The base of the motte is encircled by an overgrown ditch best preserved from N-E-S. At NE the motte ditch is adjoined by a large, lower-lying, flat-topped bailey." | Ahogill, Galgorm | D07780205 |
| Tchevet Castle | None | Tower-House - "this tower-house was shown on Speede's map (1610) as 'Tchevet Castle'… The precise location of the site remains unknown." | Inver or Larne, Larne | D4102 |
| Toome Castle | None | Tower-house and Bawn - "… the E wall of the castle keep built of rough limestone with a rubble core and an external batter. At the N end stood the remains of an angled bastion..." "The castle remains constituted an 8m stretch of the east curtain wall with remains of a flanker bonded on to it at its north-east corner. The eastern curtain was 2m thick and survives to a height of 1.5m." " The well constructed flanker was originally five sided (the western side now destroyed), rising from a rectangular base 4m (north-south) x 2m (east-west) and with an offset plinth set on subsoil along its northern face. This gave it a stepped appearance and may indicate phases of rebuilding in the 17th century." | Duneane, Toome | H98959026 |
| Trummery Round Tower | Ruin | Round Tower - "The Round Tower, which only survives to a height of six feet was linked to the north side of the sepulchral chapel by means of a short vestibule." " the tower stood approximately sixty feet high. A peculiar feature was that it had a rather chunky rectangular base protruding to the south and incorporating a low tunnel-like doorway, above which was the original doorway, set in its customary position eight or ten feet above ground level, the two being connected by a spiral staircase, some steps of which remain. Four windows facing the cardinal points of the compass were located near the top of the tower. The cap which was cupola-shaped was constructed of limestone slabs on concrete." | Magheramesk, Trummery | J17156225 |
| Whitehouse Castle | Partial | Fortified House - "This bawn, which is now a gospel hall was described in the O.S.F.R. as 'a small dwelling house supposed to have been at one time fortified'. " |
Carnmoney, Whitehouse | J35108082 |
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