Castle Name	Condition	Description	Early Founder(s) -- Time Period(s) Contructed	Barony	Parish/Townland	Ord	Residency	Links
[Antiquity/Fort] on the left of the road to Shaw's-bridge	None	Ancient Fort - "Foundations of a fort"		Upper Belfast	Belfast, Belfast			Samual Lewis (1837) -- http://www.from-ireland.net/lewis/ant/antbelfast.htm
[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"		Upper Belfast	Belfast, Belfast			Samual Lewis (1837) -- http://www.from-ireland.net/lewis/ant/antbelfast.htm Walking Ireland 'Townlands' -- http://www.northwestwalkingguides.com/section-2.aspx?item_id=210&type_id=30
[Antiquity] Near Lismoine (Lismoyne)	None	Motte? - Probably Ancient Fort or Mott		Upper Belfast	Belfast, Belfast			Samual Lewis (1837) -- http://www.from-ireland.net/lewis/ant/antbelfast.htm Lisburn Web Site 'Local History as told by Ancient Maps' -- http://www.lisburn.com/history/history_lisburn/local_history_from_ancient_maps.html
[Antiquity] on the grounds of Malone near Lismoine (Lismoyne)	None	Motte? - Probably Ancient Fort or Mott		Upper Belfast	Belfast, Belfast			Samual Lewis (1837) -- http://www.from-ireland.net/lewis/ant/antbelfast.htm Lisburn Web Site 'Local History as told by Ancient Maps' -- http://www.lisburn.com/history/history_lisburn/local_history_from_ancient_maps.html
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."		Cary	Culfeightrin, Altagore	D24953488		Irish Prehistoric Monuments -- http://www.irishmegaliths.org.uk/antrim.htm Ancient Monuments -- http://cloghmore.bravepages.com/antrim/altagore.html The Glens of Antrim -- http://www.northantrim.com/torrscenicroadtwo.htm NISMR database -- http://www.ehsni.gov.uk/built/mbr/monuments_database/mons.asp
Antrim Castle (1)	None	Castle -- "Motte and Bailey castle."		Upper Antrim	Antrim, Town Parks	J14508673		NISMR database -- http://www.ehsni.gov.uk/built/mbr/monuments_database/mons.asp
Antrim Castle (2)	Ruins*	Mansion (Castlized) -- "motte & an abbey"	???? -- Built By -- Sir John Clotworthy, Lords Massereene (in the reign of Chas. II) ???? -- Residency of -- Earls of Massareene ???? --- Residency of -- Viscount Ferrard 1922 -- Burned down in fire	Upper Antrim	Antrim, Town Parks	J14458673		Samuel Lewis (1837) -- http://www.from-ireland.net/lewis/ant/antrim.htm UK Historic Parks and Gardens DB -- http://www.york.ac.uk/depts/arch/landscapes/ukpg/sites/antrimca.htm Picture+History -- http://www.antrimtown.co.uk/Antrim%20Castle%20Land%20View.htm Picture -- http://ni_towns.tripod.com/antrim/castle_tower.html NISMR database -- http://www.ehsni.gov.uk/built/mbr/monuments_database/mons.asp
Antrim Round Tower ("the Steeple")	Full*	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."	c10th -- Posibly built	Upper Antrim	Antrim, Steeple	J15448770	State Care	Ancient Monuments -- http://cloghmore.bravepages.com/antrim/antrimRT.html Antrim Town Web site (Pictures) -- http://www.antrimtown.co.uk/Antrim%20Round%20Tower.htm NISMR database -- http://www.ehsni.gov.uk/built/mbr/monuments_database/mons.asp
Armory Round Tower	Partial*	Round Tower - "...The tower is about 11m high and has three storeys … there is no indication of the original height."		Cary	Armoy, Glebe	D07783325	State Care	Ancient Monuments -- http://cloghmore.bravepages.com/antrim/armoyRT.html NISMR database -- http://www.ehsni.gov.uk/built/mbr/monuments_database/mons.asp
Ballintoy Castle	None	Castle -- "There are now no visible remains of this castle or bawn"	c1590 -- Built by -- Archibald Stewart 1760 -- Estate sold to -- Fullerton Downing c1784 -- Demolished by -- Fullerton Downing	Cary	Ballintoy, Ballintoy	D03894478		Ellen Payne Odom (2005) -- http://www.electricscotland.com/familytree/magazine/decjan2005/story31.htm UK Historic Parks and Gardens DB -- http://www.york.ac.uk/depts/arch/landscapes/ukpg/database/antrim.htm NISMR database -- http://www.ehsni.gov.uk/built/mbr/monuments_database/mons.asp
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."	1564 -- Erected by -- Sorley Boy MacDonnell 1565 -- Ocupied by -- Shane O'Neill c1625 -- Castle Removed by --Sir Randal McDonnell, 1st Earl of Antrim	Cary	Ballycastle/Ramoan, Ballycastle town	D11524061?		pamphlets by Robert McCahan (1923) -- http://freespace.virgin.net/robert.starrs/ballycastle/mccahanbcastle.html
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."	1612 -- Grant given to -- Sir Randal McDonnell, 1st Earl of Antrim by King James I 1625 -- Castle erected by -- Sir Randal McDonnell, Earl of Antrim 1642 -- Castle Siezed by -- Scotch Troops ???? -- Held by -- Forces of Comwell 1665 -- Castle returned to -- Alexander Macdonnell, 3rd Earl of Antrim 1852 -- Application to remove ruins by -- Charles Kirkpatrick, of Whitehall 1856 -- Castle remains are removed	Cary	Ballycastle/Ramoan, Ballycastle town	D11524061		Samuel Lewis (1837) -- http://www.from-ireland.net/lewis/ant/ballycastle.htm Diocese of Down and Connor... 'Parish of Ramoan' (1837) - http://freespace.virgin.net/robert.starrs/ballycastle/ramoan.html pamphlets by Robert McCahan (1923) -- http://freespace.virgin.net/robert.starrs/ballycastle/mccahanbcastle.html Belfast Street Directory (1861) -- http://www.lennonwylie.co.uk/PT.Bpage508.htm Antrim 'Ballycastle' -- http://www.britweb.com/n-ireland/antrim/ballycastle.html NISMR database -- http://www.ehsni.gov.uk/built/mbr/monuments_database/mons.asp
Ballyellough Bawn	None	House and Bawn - "The house & bawn were built by 1611 by Sir Faulk Conway & taken by the O'Neills in 1641."	1611 - Built by - Sir Faulk Conway 1641 - Taken by - O'Neils	Upper Massereene	Magheragall, Ballyelough	J20456626		NISMR database -- http://www.ehsni.gov.uk/built/mbr/monuments_database/mons.asp
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.		Upper Massereene	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	1625 -- Constructed by -- James Shaw of Greenock 1641 -- Attacked multiple times by -- Irish of Glenarm 1799 -- Castle sold by -- William Shaw c1950 -- Bought by -- Cyril Lord	Upper Glenarm	Cairncastle, Ballygally	D37250781	Hotel	Samuel Lewis (1837) -- http://www.from-ireland.net/lewis/ant/carncastle.htm BBC 'The Plantations of Ulster' -- http://www.bbc.co.uk/history/war/plantation/transcripts/pa01_t01.shtml BBC 'Ghost Watch' -- http://www.bbc.co.uk/northernireland/autumn/halloween/ghost1.shtml Picture -- http://www.larnetown.net/images/castle.jpg NISMR database -- http://www.ehsni.gov.uk/built/mbr/monuments_database/mons.asp
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…"	???? -- Residence of -- McQuillan 1544 -- Captured by -- O'Donnell	Lower Dunluce	Billy, Ballylough more	C94793745		Samuel Lewis (1837) -- http://www.from-ireland.net/lewis/ant/billy.htm Annála Connacht (1544) -- http://www.ucc.ie/celt/published/T100011/text307.html The History of the Quillen Family -- http://www.geocities.com/Colosseum/Track/8461/macquillanff.htm NISMR database -- http://www.ehsni.gov.uk/built/mbr/monuments_database/mons.asp
Ballymagarry Castle	None	Castle - "...nothing remained ... Adam Hunter subsequently built a 2 storey house on the site."	c1641 -- Erected by -- McDonnells ???? -- Summer Residence of -- McDonnells, Earls of Antrim c1745 -- Destroyed by fire --	Lower Dunluce	Dunluce, Ballymagarry	C89454024		Quinipiac University 'pictures of Ireland' -- http://www.quinnipiac.edu/other/abl/etext/irish/pictures203/p59.html NISMR database -- http://www.ehsni.gov.uk/built/mbr/monuments_database/mons.asp
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."	c17th -- Castle built by -- ???? 1626 -- Estate grant confirmed -- to Wiliam Adair by King Charles I 1740 -- Original Castle burns down	Lower Toome	Kirkinriola, Ballymena	D 113 029		Balymena Town History -- http://www.ballymena.gov.uk/historyandheritage.asp Ballee Baptist Church 'History of Ballymena' -- http://www.balleebaptist.org/historybmena.htm Samuel Lewis (1837) -- http://www.from-ireland.net/lewis/ant/kirkinriola.htm NISMR database -- http://www.ehsni.gov.uk/built/mbr/monuments_database/mons.asp
Ballymena Castle (2)	None*	Castle -- "Scottish baronial Style"	1868 -- Castle built by -- Robert Alexander Shafto Adair 1957 --Castle burns down	Lower Toome	Kirkinriola, Ballymena	D 113 029		Balymena Town History -- http://www.ballymena.gov.uk/historyandheritage.asp Ballee Baptist Church 'History of Ballymena' -- http://www.balleebaptist.org/historybmena.htm Samuel Lewis (1837) -- http://www.from-ireland.net/lewis/ant/kirkinriola.htm NISMR database -- http://www.ehsni.gov.uk/built/mbr/monuments_database/mons.asp
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."		Upper Dunluce	Ballymoney, Colebreene Upper	C89212619?		http://www.from-ireland.net/lewis/ant/bmoney.htm Ballymoney Govenrment Web Site 'Heritage and Environment' -- http://www.ballymoney.gov.uk/htmlsite/heritage.asp NISMR database -- http://www.ehsni.gov.uk/built/mbr/monuments_database/mons.asp
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."		Cary	Billy, Ballymoy	C97054315		NISMR database -- http://www.ehsni.gov.uk/built/mbr/monuments_database/mons.asp
Ballywee Rath	None	Rath - "This is a well preserved Early Christian settlement site enclosed by 2 arcs of low banks."		Upper Antrim	Donegore, Ballywee	J21858987	State Care	Ancient Monuments -- http://cloghmore.bravepages.com/antrim/ballywee.html NISMR database -- http://www.ehsni.gov.uk/built/mbr/monuments_database/mons.asp
Belfast Castle (1)	None	Castle - "Norman"	???? -- Founded by -- the Normans 1178 -- Destroyed by -- John de Courcy	Upper Belfast	Shankhill, Belfast	J33907428		Samual Lewis (1837) -- http://www.from-ireland.net/lewis/ant/antbelfast.htm Belfast Castle History -- http://www.belfastcastle.co.uk/ Tim Lambert 'A Brief History of Belfast' - http://www.localhistories.org/belfast.html Irish Travel Ideas 'Belfast Castle' -- http://www.irishtravelideas.com/features/belfastcastle.asp NISMR database -- http://www.ehsni.gov.uk/built/mbr/monuments_database/mons.asp
Belfast Castle (2)	None	Castle - "Stone and Timber Castle"	>1178 -- reconstructed Castle -- John de Courcy 1316 -- Destroyed by Edward Bruce 1316-- Castle is rebuilt by -- Irish 1503 -- Destroyed by -- Earl of Kildare ???? -- Repaired by -- Irish 1512 -- Destroyed by --Earl of Kildare 1552 -- Castle repaired by -- Sir James Crofts, lord-deputy 1552 -- Treaty accepted with -- Hugh Mac Nial Oge 1555 -- Custody transferred to -- Randolph Lane (Governor) ???? -- Granted to -- Sir Thomas Smythe and his son 1573 -- Taken by -- Earl of Essex 1612 -- Unchallanged turnover -- Sir Arthur Chichester 1708 -- accidental fire burns castle	Upper Belfast	Shankhill, Belfast	J 329 792	Museum	Samual Lewis (1837) -- http://www.from-ireland.net/lewis/ant/antbelfast.htm Belfast Castle History -- http://www.belfastcastle.co.uk/history.asp Tim Lambert 'A Brief History of Belfast' - http://www.localhistories.org/belfast.html Irish Travel Ideas 'Belfast Castle' -- http://www.irishtravelideas.com/features/belfastcastle.asp NISMR database -- http://www.ehsni.gov.uk/built/mbr/monuments_database/mons.asp
Belfast Castle (3)	Full*	Castle - "Scottish Barronal Style"	1853 -- Castle built by -- 3rd Marquis of Donegall (Architect, John Lanyon) 1885 -- Inherited castle -- Shaftebury family 1934 -- Presented to -- City of Belfast	Upper Belfast	Shankhill, Belfast	J 329 792	Museum	Samual Lewis (1837) -- http://www.from-ireland.net/lewis/ant/antbelfast.htm Belfast Castle History -- http://www.belfastcastle.co.uk/ Tim Lambert 'A Brief History of Belfast' - http://www.localhistories.org/belfast.html Irish Travel Ideas 'Belfast Castle' -- http://www.irishtravelideas.com/features/belfastcastle.asp County Antrim 'Antrim Heritage & Historical' - http://www.countyantrim.com/antrim_heritage_bushmills.htm
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."	1607 -- Granted "Ballymena Estate" [Clanagherty] to -- Roy Oge Mac Quillan	Lower Toome	Kirkinriola, KillyFlugh	D10630606		Samuel Lewis (1837) -- http://www.from-ireland.net/lewis/ant/kirkinriola.htm Ballymena Web Site 'History and Heritage' -- http://www.ballymena.gov.uk/historyandheritage.asp NISMR database -- http://www.ehsni.gov.uk/built/mbr/monuments_database/mons.asp
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."		Cary	Ballycastle/Ramoan, Broom-more	D09933830		Diocese of Down and Connor .. 'Parish of Ramoan' (1887) -- http://freespace.virgin.net/robert.starrs/ballycastle/ramoan.html Ballycastle in the 1830's -- http://freespace.virgin.net/robert.starrs/ballycastle/bcastle1830.html
Broughshane Village Bawn	None	Castle and Bawn - "… described in OS Mem and by O'Laverty as a castle surrounded by a fortified yard."		Lower Antrim	Racavan, Broughshane	D15130663		NISMR database -- http://www.ehsni.gov.uk/built/mbr/monuments_database/mons.asp
Bruce's Castle (Robert the Bruce’s Castle)	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."	1169 -- Land Grant given to -- John De'Courcy by Henry II (King of England) 1205 -- Island falls to new owner -- Hugh De'Lacy ???? -- Granted to -- Duncan of Carrick ???? -- Granted to -- Alan, Earl of Galloway 1216 -- Granted to -- De'Lacy Family by King John ???? -- Inherited by mariage to -- De'Burgos Family 1242 -- Island and Glens bought by -- Byssets c15th -- Inherited by mariage to -- Macdonnells 1558 -- Campaign begins to remove scots from castle and island by -- Earl of Sussex (Lord-Deputy) 1575 -- Surrender of castle to -- John Norris and Francis Drake (under orders of Essex)	Cary	Rathlin Island, Ballycarry	D16365153		Samual Lewis (1837) -- http://www.from-ireland.net/lewis/ant/rathlin.htm Rathlin Island 'History' -- http://rathlin.info/index.htm?Welcome.php~mainFrame Sketches of Olden Days, Rev. Hugh Forde (1923) -- http://www.booksulster.com/library/sketches/rathlin.php Irish Culture and Customs -- http://www.irishcultureandcustoms.com/02Hist/7July4.html NISMR database -- http://www.ehsni.gov.uk/built/mbr/monuments_database/mons.asp
Cairnmoon ("a seat for Fairies")	None	Cairn - "an ancient cairn of stones called Cairnmood ...but the cairn is at present destroyed."		Cary	Ballycastle/Ramoan, Carnmoon	D09434280		Diocese of Down and Connor... 'Parish of Ramoan' (1837) - http://freespace.virgin.net/robert.starrs/ballycastle/ramoan.html NISMR database -- http://www.ehsni.gov.uk/built/mbr/monuments_database/mons.asp
Carnkirk Castle	Ruins	Cairn - "It consists of a mound of earth & stone partially surrounded by remains of a large ditch & outer bank."		Cary	Billy, Carnkirk	C95714230		NISMR database -- http://www.ehsni.gov.uk/built/mbr/monuments_database/mons.asp
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."	c1180 -- Constucted by -- de Courcy 1210 -- Captured by -- The Crown (English) 1217 -- New curtain wall added by -- 1227 -- Castle taken over by -- Hugh de Lacy c16th -- ??? --de Lacy, King John c17th -- 1760 -- it was captured by -- The French ???? -- Transformed into a prison ???? -- used as a magazine & armoury 1928 -- Transferred to State Care	Carrickfergus	Carrickfergus, Carrickfergus	J41438725	Museum	Samual Lewis (1837) -- http://www.from-ireland.net/lewis/ant/culfeightrin.htm http://www.castles.org/castles/Europe/Western_Europe/Ireland/Carrikfergus/ Irish Excavation Reports 'Carrickfergus' -- http://www.excavations.ie/Pages/Details.php?Year=&County=Antrim&id=3169 NISMR database -- http://www.ehsni.gov.uk/built/mbr/monuments_database/mons.asp History -- http://members.aol.com/carrickman/carrick.html History + Recipies 'A Feast at Carrick Fergus' - http://home.comcast.net/~iasmin/mkcc/MKCCfiles/AFeastAtCarrickFergus.html Local History (Carrickfergus Baptist Church) -- http://www.carrickfergusbaptist.com/carrickfergus.html Archiseek -- http://www.irish-architecture.com/buildings_ireland/antrim/carrickfergus/ Pictures of Ireland 'Carrickfergus Castle' -- http://www.quinnipiac.edu/other/abl/etext/irish/pictures203/p401.html Town history and Pictures -- http://www.raging-metal.d2g.com/orange-pages/carrickfergus.htm Town history and Pictures -- http://www.orangenet.org/carrickfergus.htm 'Lawerence Collection' (Picture) -- http://www.lawrencecollection.com/co.antrim-4.htm
Carrickfergus Tower-House	None	Tower-House -		Carrickfergus	Carrickfergus, Carrickfergus	J41198747		NISMR database -- http://www.ehsni.gov.uk/built/mbr/monuments_database/mons.asp
Carrickfergus Tower-House (at Dobbin's Hotel)	None	Tower-House -		Carrickfergus	Carrickfergus, Carrickfergus	J41398745		NISMR database -- http://www.ehsni.gov.uk/built/mbr/monuments_database/mons.asp
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."		Cary	Rathlin Island, Ballycarry	D15325125		NISMR database -- http://www.ehsni.gov.uk/built/mbr/monuments_database/mons.asp
Castle An Teenie ("Castle Of Fire")	None	Castle - "..stood on Rathmore Hill … close to the cliff opposite the gate going up from the town."	???? -- Owned by -- O'Corr 1584 -- Destroyed by -- Sir John perrot	Lower Dunluce	Ballywillin, Portrush	C860402		NISMR database -- http://www.ehsni.gov.uk/built/mbr/monuments_database/mons.asp
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."		Upper Belfast	Shankill, Malone Upper	J32366926?		Samual Lewis (1837) -- http://www.from-ireland.net/lewis/ant/antbelfast.htm NISMR database -- http://www.ehsni.gov.uk/built/mbr/monuments_database/mons.asp
Castle Carra (Cushendun Castle)	Ruin	Tower-house - "There is a single tower of a castle…"	c13th-14th -- Castle built by ???? -- Owned by -- Shane O'Neill c14-15th -- Abaondoned by	Cary	Culfeightrin, Castle park	D24973346	National Trust	Castle Floor Plans -- http://www.castleduncan.com/carra.htm North Antrim 'About Cushendun' (Picture) - http://www.northantrim.com/aboutcushendun.htm Irish Excavation Report -- http://www.excavations.ie/Pages/Details.php?Year=1995&County=Antrim&id=2239 NISMR database -- http://www.ehsni.gov.uk/built/mbr/monuments_database/mons.asp
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"	c1604 -- Founded by? -- Sir Moses Hill	Lower Belfast	Templecorran, White Head	J47639201	Private	Samual Lewis (1837) -- http://www.from-ireland.net/lewis/ant/islandmagee.htm Whitehead Web site 'History' (picture) -- http://www.angelfire.com/hi4/Whitehead/history.html Ancestors of Kayleigh Chance Murdock -- http://familytreemaker.genealogy.com/users/c/h/a/Dorothy-W-Chance/GENE1-0036.html Visity Britain 'Whitehead' -- http://www.visitbritain.com/VB3-en-NO/destinationguides/Northern_Ireland/Destinations/whitehead.aspx NISMR database -- http://www.ehsni.gov.uk/built/mbr/monuments_database/mons.asp
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."	1642 -- Castle Attacked by -- Rebel Irish armies	Upper Dunluce	Ballymoney, Cross	C91452270		Samual Lewis (1837) -- http://www.from-ireland.net/lewis/ant/bmoney.htm History of Borough of Ballymoney -- http://www.ballymoney.gov.uk/htmlsite/heritage.asp?step=2&id=2&pstring=2 NISMR database -- http://www.ehsni.gov.uk/built/mbr/monuments_database/mons.asp
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."		Cary	Culfietrin, Brackney	D13533900		NISMR database -- http://www.ehsni.gov.uk/built/mbr/monuments_database/mons.asp
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."	c15th-16th -- Built by -- Dobbs	Lower Belfast	Kilroot, Dobbsland	J44279073	Historic Park	Samual Lewis (1837) -- http://www.from-ireland.net/lewis/ant/kilroot.htm “Russelborough”: Two Royal Governors’ Mansions at Brunswick Town -- http://www.ah.dcr.state.nc.us/sections/hp/colonial/Nchr/Subjects/south.htm http://www.york.ac.uk/depts/arch/landscapes/ukpg/sites/castledo.htm NISMR database
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".		Lower Dunluce	Dunluce, Ballybogy	C916324		NISMR database -- http://www.ehsni.gov.uk/built/mbr/monuments_database/mons.asp
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."		Carrickfergus	Carrick, Greenisland	J37398440	National Trust	The Stables Castle Lugg (picture) -- http://uk.geocities.com/irishcottagebedbreakfast/castlelugg.html NISMR database -- http://www.ehsni.gov.uk/built/mbr/monuments_database/mons.asp Irish Excavation Reports 'Castle Lugg'-- http://www.excavations.ie/Pages/Details.php?Year=1980-84&County=Antrim&id=5767
Castle Robin (1)	None	Castle -	???? -- Residence of -- Shane O'Nials	Upper Belfast	Derryaghy, Mulaghglass	J24796857		Samual Lewis (1837) -- http://www.from-ireland.net/lewis/ant/derryaghy.htm NISMR database -- http://www.ehsni.gov.uk/built/mbr/monuments_database/mons.asp History of lisburn 'Famous Men' - http://www.lisburn.com/history/history_lisburn/famous_men.htm
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."	1579 -- Rebuilt by -- Sir Robert Norton	Upper Belfast	Derryaghy, Mulaghglass	J24796857		Samual Lewis (1837) -- http://www.from-ireland.net/lewis/ant/derryaghy.htm History of lisburn 'Famous Men' - http://www.lisburn.com/history/history_lisburn/famous_men.htm NISMR database -- http://www.ehsni.gov.uk/built/mbr/monuments_database/mons.asp
Castle Upton (Norton Castle)	Full*	Castle - "plantation castle ... incorporated the remains of an ealier monastery, including 2 of the present circular towers."	1611-19 -- Converted from priory and built Castle -- Sir Robert/Humphrey Norton 1625-28 -- Purchased by -- Captain Henry Upton ???? -- Residence of -- The Viscounts Templeton	Upper Belfast	Templepatrick, Templepatrick	J22808590	Private	Samual Lewis (1837) -- http://www.from-ireland.net/lewis/ant/templepatrick.htm Castle Upton Gate Lodge (picture) -- http://freespace.virgin.net/hearth.nireland/CUpton2.html NISMR database -- http://www.ehsni.gov.uk/built/mbr/monuments_database/mons.asp
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)."		Cary	Rathlin Island, Carravindoon	D156488		NISMR database -- http://www.ehsni.gov.uk/built/mbr/monuments_database/mons.asp
Chaine Memorial Tower (Larne Round Tower)	Full*	Round Tower - "Replica of a round tower standing 90 feet high."	1888 -- erected in memory of -- James Chaine	Upper Glenarm	Larne, Larne			Town Web Site -- http://www.larnetown.net/ Beach Visits (Picture) -- http://www.beachvista.co.uk/contact.html
Clair Castle (Clare Castle)	None	Castle - "The walls were of great thickness & run together with a mortar of superior quality."	???? -- Occupied by -- McNeils (Scottish Clan)	Cary	Ballycastle/Ramoan, Clare	D10774174		'Diocese of Down and Connor... Parish of Ramoan' (1837) - http://freespace.virgin.net/robert.starrs/ballycastle/ramoan.html NISMR database -- http://www.ehsni.gov.uk/built/mbr/monuments_database/mons.asp
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."		Cary	Ballycastle/Ramoan, Clare	D10654156		NISMR database -- http://www.ehsni.gov.uk/built/mbr/monuments_database/mons.asp
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."	1641	Kilconway	Dunaghy, Cloghgaldanagh	D09541470		Samual Lewis (1837) -- http://www.from-ireland.net/lewis/ant/clogh.htm Stone in Place Names (Picture) -- http://www.ulsterplacenames.org/stone_in_place_names.htm NISMR database -- http://www.ehsni.gov.uk/built/mbr/monuments_database/mons.asp
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."		Cary	Ballycastle/Ramoan, Cloughanmurray	D08383745		Diocese of Down and Connor .. 'Parish of Ramoan' (1887) -- http://freespace.virgin.net/robert.starrs/ballycastle/ramoan.html Ballycastle in the 1830's -- http://freespace.virgin.net/robert.starrs/ballycastle/bcastle1830.html
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."	1809-17 -- Built by -- Francis Turnly 1992-93 -- Purchased and Restored by -- Hearth Revolving Fund c1995 -- Bought by -- Bill Drummond	Lower Glenarm	Cushendall, Cushendall			Cushendall Tower 'Turnly's Tower:The Curfew Tower' (Picture and History) -- http://freespace.virgin.net/hearth.nireland/Tower.html Antrim Web Site 'Cushendall: The Curfew Tower' (Picture and History) -- http://www.antrim.net/cushendall/historical.htm Glens of Antrim 'Cushendall' (History)-- http://freespace.virgin.net/mp.hearth/Cushendall.html
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."	???? -- Built by -- The Danes?	Lower Glenarm	Layd, Cushandal	D23502764		Samual Lewis (1837) -- http://www.from-ireland.net/lewis/ant/cushendall.htm Samual Lewis (1837) -- http://www.from-ireland.net/lewis/ant/antrimcounty.htm NISMR database -- http://www.ehsni.gov.uk/built/mbr/monuments_database/mons.asp
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."		Lower Glenarm	Layd, Cushandal	D24432773		NISMR database -- http://www.ehsni.gov.uk/built/mbr/monuments_database/mons.asp
Dalways Bawn	Partial	Bawn - "a rectangular bawn with four round flanking towers, three of which still exist."	1609 -- Constructed by -- Dalloway	Lower Belfast	Kilroot, Ballyhill	J44279143	Historic Monument	County Antrim Web site 'Heritage/Historical' -- http://www.countyantrim.com/antrim_heritage_bushmills.htm Ancient Monuments -- http://cloghmore.bravepages.com/antrim/dalways.html NISMR database -- http://www.ehsni.gov.uk/built/mbr/monuments_database/mons.asp
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."		Lower Dunluce	Billy, Deffrick	C99323484		NISMR database -- http://www.ehsni.gov.uk/built/mbr/monuments_database/mons.asp
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."	c1550 -- Constructed by -- Alexander Macdonnell of Islay and Kintyre 1612 -- Granted to -- Hugh MacNeill	Cary	Ballycastle/Ramoan, Town Parks	D11384190		Samual Lewis (1837) -- http://www.from-ireland.net/lewis/ant/antrimcounty.htm History of Ballycastle, Hugh A Boyd -- http://www.northantrim.com/hugh_a_boyd.htm Diocese of Down and Connor … 'Parish of Ramoan' -- http://freespace.virgin.net/robert.starrs/ballycastle/ramoan.html Irish Excavation Reports 'Dunineny Castle, Ballycastle' -- http://www.excavations.ie/Pages/Details.php?Year=&County=Antrim&id=4278 NISMR database -- http://www.ehsni.gov.uk/built/mbr/monuments_database/mons.asp
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."	c17th --	Cary	Ballycastle/Ramoan, Town Parks	D11384190		Samual Lewis (1837) -- http://www.from-ireland.net/lewis/ant/antrimcounty.htm History of Ballycastle, Hugh A Boyd -- http://www.northantrim.com/hugh_a_boyd.htm Diocese of Down and Connor … 'Parish of Ramoan' -- http://freespace.virgin.net/robert.starrs/ballycastle/ramoan.html Irish Excavation Reports 'Dunineny Castle, Ballycastle' -- http://www.excavations.ie/Pages/Details.php?Year=&County=Antrim&id=4278 NISMR database -- http://www.ehsni.gov.uk/built/mbr/monuments_database/mons.asp
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..."		Kilconway	Dunaghy, Doonbought	D10841307		NISMR database -- http://www.ehsni.gov.uk/built/mbr/monuments_database/mons.asp
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). "		Cary	Culfeightrin, Cross	D17244263		NISMR database -- http://www.ehsni.gov.uk/built/mbr/monuments_database/mons.asp
Dromore Castle	None	Rath - "There are now no visible remains of this rath and souterrain which was excavated in 1964 prior to destruction."		Kilconway	Rasharkin, Dromore	D04751354		NISMR database -- http://www.ehsni.gov.uk/built/mbr/monuments_database/mons.asp
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."	??? -- Owned by -- Three bothers McGregor	Cary	BallyCastle/Ramoan, Carnduff	D10014291		Diocese of Down and Connor … 'Parish of Ramoan' -- http://freespace.virgin.net/robert.starrs/ballycastle/ramoan.html NISMR database -- http://www.ehsni.gov.uk/built/mbr/monuments_database/mons.asp
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."		Cary	Ballycastle/Ramoan, Town Parks	D12074085		The Fairy Fort at Dun-a-mallaght (Picture) -- http://www.altananam.freeserve.co.uk/fairy_fort_at_dunamallaght.htm History of Ballycastle, Hugh A Boyd -- http://www.northantrim.com/hugh_a_boyd.htm Ballycastle in the 1830's -- http://freespace.virgin.net/robert.starrs/ballycastle/bcastle1830.html Diocese of Down and Connor ... 'Parish of Ramoan' -- http://freespace.virgin.net/robert.starrs/ballycastle/ramoan.html NISMR database -- http://www.ehsni.gov.uk/built/mbr/monuments_database/mons.asp
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."	5th BC -- Constructed by 1556 -- Camp an Negotiations -- Earl of Sussex with -- Irish Cheiftains	Lower Belfast	Carnmoney, Dunanny	J33348243		Newtownabbey Online, Herritage Sites 'Dunanny Rath, Carnmoney' (Picture and History) --http://www.newtownabbey.gov.uk/heritage/sites/dunanney.htm NISMR database -- http://www.ehsni.gov.uk/built/mbr/monuments_database/mons.asp Database of Irish Excavation Reports "Carnmoney Ringfort" -- http://www.excavations.ie/Pages/Details.php?Year=&County=Antrim&id=5409
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'."	???? -- Posible residence of -- The McCaughans (Clan MacEachain)	Cary	Culfietrin, Duncarbit	D14323544		The McCaughans of Scotland and Ireland -- http://www.electricscotland.com/webclans/m/maceachain2.htm NISMR database -- http://www.ehsni.gov.uk/built/mbr/monuments_database/mons.asp
Dunluce Castle (1) (Dun Lois, Portramon, "strong fort") (Ancient Fort)	None	Ancient Fort - "Dunluce castle stands on a site of an early Irish fort."	668 -- Occupied by -- O'Flinns 12th -- Castle Attacked by -- John de Courcy	Lower Dunluce	Dunluce, Bushmills	C90464137	Historic Monument	Sketches of Olden Days, Rev. Hugh Forde(1923) -- http://www.booksulster.com/library/sketches/dunluce.php BBC 'The two Nations of Ireland' -- http://cgi.bbc.co.uk/history/state/nations/medieval_ireland_02.shtml BBC 'Nations' -- http://ftp.bbc.co.uk/history/state/nations/nations_gallery_01.shtml
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.	c13th -- Castle/Fort built by -- Richard de Burgh/Burgo, Second Earl of Ulster C14th -- Possesion taken by -- The MacQuillans 1513 -- Castle Rebuilt by -- The MacQuillans 1565 -- Castle taken by -- Sorely Boy Mcdonnell ???? -- Possibly Rebuilt by -- McDonnells 1584 -- Castle Damaged and Taken by -- Sir John Perrot, English Lord Deputy 1586 -- Castle Given to, rebuilt by -- Sorely Boy and James McDonnell 1588 -- Castle refortified (cannons) by -- Sorely Boy and James McDonnell c17th -- Residence of -- Randall Mcdonnell, 2nd Earl of Antrim 1639 -- Part of castle falls into the sea 1641 -- Castle Besieged and destroyed by -- an Irish army 1666 -- Castle returned to -- Mcdonnells, Earl of Antrim >1690 -- Castle abondoned 1928 -- Castle turned over to State Care by -- 7th Earl of Antrim	Lower Dunluce	Dunluce, Bushmills	C90464137	Historic Monument	Samual Lewis (1837) -- http://www.from-ireland.net/lewis/ant/dunluce.htm Sketches of Olden Days, Rev. Hugh Forde(1923) -- http://www.booksulster.com/library/sketches/dunluce.php Environment and Heritage Service 'Dunluce Castle' -- http://www.ehsni.gov.uk/education/monuments/dunluce.shtml Dunluce Castle Brochure (Floor Plan and History)-- http://www.mcquillan.org/history/doc04.htm North Antrim 'Dunluce Castle' (Picture) -- http://www.northantrim.com/dunlucecastle.htm Castles of Ireland 'Dunluce Castle (Pictures)-- http://www.travelsinireland.com/castle/dunluce.htm Dunluce Castle (Drawing) -- http://fromoldbooks.org/YouthsInstructer/pages/181-Dunluce-Castle/ Treskille County Antrim 'Dunluce Castle' (history+ Picture) --http://www.vincentpeters.nl/triskelle/attractions/dunlucecastle.php?index=100.040.008.010.025 Irish Excavation Reports 'Dunluce Castle, Dunluce' -- http://www.excavations.ie/Pages/Details.php?Year=&County=Antrim&id=3581 NISMR database -- http://www.ehsni.gov.uk/built/mbr/monuments_database/mons.asp
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."		Cary	Ballycastle/Ramoan, Bonamargy	D12624074		History of Ballycastle, Hugh A Boyd -- http://www.northantrim.com/hugh_a_boyd.htm Diocese of Down and Connor … 'Parish of Ramoan' -- http://freespace.virgin.net/robert.starrs/ballycastle/ramoan.html NISMR database -- http://www.ehsni.gov.uk/built/mbr/monuments_database/mons.asp
Dunseverick Castle	Ruin	Tower house -- Scottish Fortress.	c16th -- Castle Built by -- the O'Kane (O'cahans) ???? -- Residence of -- MacQuillans ???? -- Casle Taken by -- MacDonnells+O'Cathains (Posibly Sorley boy McDonnell) 1642 -- Destroyed by -- General Robert Munro (Scottish Army) 1653 -- Destroyed by -- Cromwellian Troops	Cary	Billy, Feigh/Dunsevirk	C98764458		Samual Lewis (1837) -- http://www.from-ireland.net/lewis/ant/ballintoy.htm Ancient Monuments (Picture)-- http://cloghmore.bravepages.com/antrim/dunseverick.html Ireland WH Bartlett(c1840) (Picture) -- http://www.oldprints.co.uk/prints/images/93232.htm Northern Antrim 'Dunsverick Castle' -- http://www.northantrim.com/dunseverick.htm Chez Nous Web site 'Dunsevrick Castle' -- http://www.chez-nousbb.co.uk/dunservick.htm Clan kane Web Site 'O'Cahan Castles' -- http://www.clankane.com/Castles_OCahan.htm NISMR database -- http://www.ehsni.gov.uk/built/mbr/monuments_database/mons.asp
Dunsilly (1) (Ring Fort)	None	Irish ring-fort -	<c13th -- Posibly built	Upper Toome	Antrim, Dunsilly	J14088890		NISMR database -- http://www.ehsni.gov.uk/built/mbr/monuments_database/mons.aspIrish Excavation Reports 'Dunsilly' -- http://www.excavations.ie/Pages/Details.php?Year=&County=Antrim&id=5531
Dunsilly (2) (motte)	None	Motte - "The motte, some 4m. high and 8m. across the top." Built over an Irish ring-fort	c13th -- Posible construction	Upper Toome	Antrim, Dunsilly	J14088890		NISMR database -- http://www.ehsni.gov.uk/built/mbr/monuments_database/mons.asp Irish Excavation Reports 'Dunsilly' -- http://www.excavations.ie/Pages/Details.php?Year=&County=Antrim&id=5531
Dunsobairce (Dun Sovaric, Dun Sohbairche, "Fortress of Sobairce") (Ancient Fortress at Dunseverick Castle)	None	Ancient Fortress -	c1500?BC -- Fortress Built by -- Sobairce, Ruler of the Kingdom of Dariada ???? -- Fortress received many visits by -- St. Patrick 870 -- Catle Stormed by -- Vikings ???? -- Castle Pludered by -- Mave, Queen of Connaught 924 -- Castle Stormed by -- Vikings c1000 -- Fortress possesed by - O'Cathain family c12th -- Castle Raided by -- The Norwegians c12th -- Castle Taken by -- John de Courcy c12th -- Castle burns down	Cary	Billy, Feigh/Dunsevirk	C98764458		Northern Antrim 'Dunsverick Castle' -- http://www.northantrim.com/dunseverick.htm Clan MacInnes Web site 'Irish Dalriada' -- http://macinnes.org/dalriada.html Sketches of Olden Days, Rev. Hugh Forde(1923) -- http://www.booksulster.com/library/sketches/dunseverick.php Sketches of Olden Days, Rev. Hugh Forde(1923) -- http://www.booksulster.com/library/sketches/dunluce.php NISMR database -- http://www.ehsni.gov.uk/built/mbr/monuments_database/mons.asp
Flower Hill Castle	None	Castle -	1710 -- Castle founded by --Rev. Thomas Newton c1800 -- Castle pulled Down --	Lower Dunluce	Billy, Flower Hill	C9338		NISMR database -- http://www.ehsni.gov.uk/built/mbr/monuments_database/mons.asp
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.."	1618 -- Constructed by -- Sir Faithful Fortescue c1645 --Purchased by -- Dr. Colville 1690 -- Headquarters of -- Duke of Würrtemburg, Williamite General 1837 -- Castle Modernized and Enlarged -- Earl of Mountcashel	Lower Toome	Ahogill/Ballymena, Galgorm	D08180228	Golf Club	Samual Lewis (1837) -- http://www.from-ireland.net/lewis/ant/ahoghill.htm Samual Lewis (1837) -- http://www.from-ireland.net/lewis/ant/galgorm.htm Ulster Archetectural Heritage Society 'Antrim and Ballymena' (Detailed Description) -- http://freespace.virgin.net/mp.hearth/Antrim.html Galgorm Castle Golf Club Web Site (Picture) -- http://www.galgormcastle.co.uk/ Antrim Web Site 'Contemporary Cullibrachey' (Picture)-- http://www.antrim.net/cullybackey/contemp2.htm Art History Club 'Ballymena' -- http://www.arthistoryclub.com/art_history/Ballymena Clan Colville Castles -- http://www.geocities.com/Paris/Cathedral/5763/castle.html NISMR database -- http://www.ehsni.gov.uk/built/mbr/monuments_database/mons.asp
Garron Tower	Full*	Promontory Fort -	1848-50 -- 'New House' Built by -- Frances-Anne, Marchioness of Londonderry 1851 -- Oppened as 'Grammer school for boys' by -- Bishop Dan Mageean	Lower Glenarm	Ardclinis, Galboly Lower	D30102395	Catholic grammar school	St MacNissi's College 'Garron Tower' -- http://www.stmacnissi.com/gtower/garron.html http://www.ushistoricalarchive.com/photochroms/1260.html NISMR database -- http://www.ehsni.gov.uk/built/mbr/monuments_database/mons.asp
Glenarm Castle (1-Medieval)	None	Castle - "The town hall is traditionally held to have been built on the site of this late medieval castle"	c1260 -- Castle built by -- John Bisset c1495 -- Castle taken by -- O'Donnalls ( c1636 -- Castle Leased to -- Mr. Donaldson	Lower Glenarm	Tickmacrevan or Glenarm	D31051507		Glenarm Castle Web site -- http://www.glenarmcastle.com/aboutus.php Antrim Web Site 'Glenarm Castle' -- http://www.antrim.net/glenarm/glenarm_castle.htm NISMR database -- http://www.ehsni.gov.uk/built/mbr/monuments_database/mons.asp
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."	1636 -- Castle Built by -- Randle McDonnel, knight Earl of Antrim 1642 -- Castle Burned by -- Scotish Army 1660 -- Residence taken by -- Mcdonnells, Earls of Antrim	Lower Glenarm	Tickmacrevan or Glenarm	D 309150	Private	Glenarm Castle Web site -- http://www.glenarmcastle.com/aboutus.php Antrim Web Site 'Glenarm Castle' -- http://www.antrim.net/glenarm/glenarm_castle.htm NISMR database -- http://www.ehsni.gov.uk/built/mbr/monuments_database/mons.asp
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…"	1756 -- (Re-)Built by -- McDonnells 1929 -- Fire damages castle 1936 -- Castle Rebuilt 1965 -- Fire damages castle (servents wing demolished)	Lower Glenarm	Tickmacrevan or Glenarm	D 309150	Private	Samual Lewis (1837) -- http://www.from-ireland.net/lewis/ant/tickmacrevan.htm BritWeb 'Ballycastle' -- http://www.britweb.com/n-ireland/antrim/ballycastle.html Glenarm Castle Web site -- http://www.glenarmcastle.com/aboutus.php Antrim Web Site 'Glenarm Castle' -- http://www.antrim.net/glenarm/glenarm_castle.htm Irish Pictures 'Glenarm Castle' (Picture)-- http://www.quinnipiac.edu/other/abl/etext/irish/pictures203/p391.html NISMR database -- http://www.ehsni.gov.uk/built/mbr/monuments_database/mons.asp
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…"		Cary	Ballycastle/Ramoan, Drumeeny	D13253876		Samual Lewis (1837) -- http://www.from-ireland.net/lewis/ant/ramoan.htm Diocese of Down and Connor … 'Parish of Ramoan' -- http://freespace.virgin.net/robert.starrs/ballycastle/ramoan.html NISMR database -- http://www.ehsni.gov.uk/built/mbr/monuments_database/mons.asp
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."	c1780 -- Residence of -- Grimshaw Family	Upper Belfast	Shankhill, Belfast	J34127926		Samual Lewis (1837) -- http://www.from-ireland.net/lewis/ant/antbelfast.htm John C. Stewart Diaries 'Visit to Irish Grimshaws (1865)' -- http://www.grimshaworigin.org/WebPages/JohnStewartDiary.htm NISMR database -- http://www.ehsni.gov.uk/built/mbr/monuments_database/mons.asp
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."		Lower Antrim	Ballyclug/Ballymena, Ballykeel	D11220260	State Care	Balymena Town History -- http://www.ballymena.gov.uk/historyandheritage.asp Ballymena's History & Links (picture)-- http://members.chello.nl/m.nieuwenhuis11/di/ballymena.html NISMR database -- http://www.ehsni.gov.uk/built/mbr/monuments_database/mons.asp
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..."	1641 - Destroyed by - Irish Rebels	Upper Belfast	Shankill, Malone Upper	J32176911		NISMR database -- http://www.ehsni.gov.uk/built/mbr/monuments_database/mons.asp
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."	???? -- Residence of -- Hugh O'Neills	Upper Massereene	Magheramesk, Inisloughlin	J17386058		Samual Lewis (1837) -- http://www.from-ireland.net/lewis/ant/magheramesk.htm NISMR database -- http://www.ehsni.gov.uk/built/mbr/monuments_database/mons.asp
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..."	???? -- Residence of -- Hugh O'Neills 1602 -- Taken by -- Chichester ???? -- Granted to -- Sir Faulke Conway 1611 -- Fort expanded and repaired c1803 -- Fort is leveled	Upper Massereene	Magheramesk, Inosloughlin	J17556065		Samual Lewis (1837) -- http://www.from-ireland.net/lewis/ant/magheramesk.htm NISMR database -- http://www.ehsni.gov.uk/built/mbr/monuments_database/mons.asp
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."	c11th -- Posbly constructed --	Lower Belfast	Island Magee, Portmuck	D46100237		McGee Surname DNA Project -- http://www.mymcgee.com/ NISMR database -- http://www.ehsni.gov.uk/built/mbr/monuments_database/mons.asp
Kilcreg fort	None	Ancient Fort - "the ruins of a fort...40yds in diameter, but now completely disfigured."		Cary	Ballycastle/Ramoan, Kilcreg	D12033983		Ballycastle in the 1830's -- http://freespace.virgin.net/robert.starrs/ballycastle/bcastle1830.html NISMR database -- http://www.ehsni.gov.uk/built/mbr/monuments_database/mons.asp
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"	???? -- Occupied by -- Sir Nials O'Neill	Lower Massereene	Killead, Ballyginniff	J11138092		UK DB of Historical Parks and Gardens UKPG -- http://www.york.ac.uk/depts/arch/landscapes/ukpg/sites/killeada.htm NISMR database -- http://www.ehsni.gov.uk/built/mbr/monuments_database/mons.asp
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."	1604 - Built by	Lower Belfast	Kilroot, Kilroot	J45008948		NISMR database -- http://www.ehsni.gov.uk/built/mbr/monuments_database/mons.asp
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."	c17th -- Built by --	Upper Glenarm	Kilwaughter, Demesne	D35650150		NISMR database -- http://www.ehsni.gov.uk/built/mbr/monuments_database/mons.asp
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"	1803 -- Built by -- John Nash ???? -- Residence of -- Agnew Family c1940 -- Castle becomes temp military Base 1944 -- Castle Abondoned	Upper Glenarm	Kilwaughter, Demesne	D35650150	Private	Samual Lewis (1837) -- http://www.from-ireland.net/lewis/ant/kilwaughter.htm BBC Online Your place & Mine 'Kilwaughter Castle' (Pictures and history)-- http://www.bbc.co.uk/northernireland/yourplaceandmine/antrim/A1098713.shtml Images of Old Ireland 'Kilwaughter Castle' (Picture) -- http://oldirishimages.com/irish%20life/castles/castles%20pages/AN429C.html http://www.york.ac.uk/depts/arch/landscapes/ukpg/sites/kilwaugh.htm NISMR database -- http://www.ehsni.gov.uk/built/mbr/monuments_database/mons.asp
Kilwaughter Mote	None	Mott - "This is a flat topped earthen mound surrounded by a ditch and outer bank"		Upper Glenarm	Kilwaughter, Demesne	D35750170		NISMR database -- http://www.ehsni.gov.uk/built/mbr/monuments_database/mons.asp
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."	1547 -- Constructed by -- Colla Dubh MacDonnell 1551 -- Damaged by -- English troops 1555 -- Destroyed by -- English ???? -- Rebuilt by -- Colla Dubh MacDonnell 1558 -- Acquired by -- Sorley Boy McDonnell ???? -- Given to -- McAlisters ???? -- Purchased by -- Woodside family of Carnsampson	Cary	Ballycastle/Ramoan, Cregganboy	D08794381	State Care	Samual Lewis (1837) -- http://www.from-ireland.net/lewis/ant/ballintoy.htm Library Ireland 'Kenbaan (Kenbane) Castle' (Sketch and history) -- http://www.libraryireland.com/articles/KenbaanCastleDPJ1-31/index.php Ballycastle On-Line (Pictures and Brief history) -- http://www.ballycastle.free-online.co.uk/places/kenbane/kinbane.htm Moyle Council Tourism (Picture) -- http://www.moyle-council.org/tourism/attractions.htm MacDonnell of Leinster 'The Carolinginan Era' (picture and Family History) -- http://www.macdonnellofleinster.com/page_4g__carolingian_era.htm Hugh A Boyd 'Old Ballycastle' (1968) (History) -- http://freespace.virgin.net/robert.starrs/ballycastle/boydbcastle.html Foritier Online (Pictures and History) -- http://vancemcalister.homestead.com/FortiterOnlineA.html NISMR database -- http://www.ehsni.gov.uk/built/mbr/monuments_database/mons.asp
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."	1627 -- Castle Taken for -- Sir Fulke Conway 1641 -- Castle Attacked by -- by Sir Phelim O'Nial and Irish rebels 1650 -- Castle abondoned 1664 -- Castle pulled down by -- 3rd Viscount Conway	Upper Massereene	Blaris, Lisbun	J26946433		Samual Lewis (1837) -- http://radiocarbon.pa.qub.ac.uk/local/townlands/Down/L/lisburn.html Lisburn Web Site 'Historic Lisburn' -- http://www.lisburn.com/information/historic-lisburn.html Lisburn Web Site 'History of Lisburn' -- http://www.lisburn.com/history/history_lisburn/history_of_lisburn.htm Lisburn Historical Society 'Lisburn Castle and Cathedral' -- http://www.lisburn.com/books/historical_society/volume5/volume5_1.html Conway Heartford Families -- http://homepages.rootsweb.com/~jennings/trevor/conway.htm Smyth Family History (Dec 2004) -- http://www.zipworld.com.au/~lnbdds/home/davidsmyth/ Family Geneology 'Lord Edward Conway' -- http://www.ebcal.com/family/genealogy/bg-ped/282.htm NISMR database -- http://www.ehsni.gov.uk/built/mbr/monuments_database/mons.asp
Lisburn Castle (2) (Conway Castle) (Manor House)	None	Mansion (Castlized) - " …the Manor of Killultagh. On this was built a castellated house.."	1664-77 -- House/CastleBuilt by -- 3rd Viscount Conway 1707 -- Fire destroys Town and Castle	Upper Massereene	Blaris, Lisbun	J26946433		Samual Lewis (1837) -- http://radiocarbon.pa.qub.ac.uk/local/townlands/Down/L/lisburn.html Lisburn Web Site 'Historic Lisburn' -- http://www.lisburn.com/information/historic-lisburn.html Lisburn Web Site 'History of Lisburn' -- http://www.lisburn.com/history/history_lisburn/history_of_lisburn.htm Lisburn Historical Society 'Lisburn Castle and Cathedral' -- http://www.lisburn.com/books/historical_society/volume5/volume5_1.html Conway Heartford Families -- http://homepages.rootsweb.com/~jennings/trevor/conway.htm Smyth Family History (Dec 2004) -- http://www.zipworld.com.au/~lnbdds/home/davidsmyth/ Family Geneology 'Lord Edward Conway' -- http://www.ebcal.com/family/genealogy/bg-ped/282.htm NISMR database -- http://www.ehsni.gov.uk/built/mbr/monuments_database/mons.asp
Lissanoure Castle (1) (“little dun fort”, "Liosán Odhar", Lisanoure Castle, Lisamoure Castle, Lough Guile “the narrow lake” Castle)	None	Castle -	c1300 -- built by -- Red Earl	Upper Dunluce	Loughguile, Castlequarter	D06602437		Samuel Lewis (1837) -- http://www.from-ireland.net/lewis/ant/loughguile.htm Samuel Lewis (1837) -- http://www.from-ireland.net/lewis/ant/antrimcounty.htm Lissanoure Castle Web Site (Pictures and History) -- 'http://www.lissanourecastle.com/' North Ireland Castle Catalog (Pictures and Chronology) -- http://www.honestitsnorthernireland.com/CATALOG1/newfile49.html NISMR database -- http://www.ehsni.gov.uk/built/mbr/monuments_database/mons.asp
Lissanoure Castle (2) (“little dun fort”, "Liosán Odhar", Lisanoure Castle, Lisamoure Castle, Lough Guile “the narrow lake” Castle)	None	Castle -	???? -- Built by -- Sir Phillip Savage (in the reign of John) 1723 -- Purchased by -- Macartney Family ???? -- Residence of -- George, Earl Macartney 1829 -- Ruins of the castle removed	Upper Dunluce	Loughguile, Castlequarter	D06602437		Samuel Lewis (1837) -- http://www.from-ireland.net/lewis/ant/loughguile.htm Samuel Lewis (1837) -- http://www.from-ireland.net/lewis/ant/antrimcounty.htm Lissanoure Castle Web Site (Pictures and History) -- 'http://www.lissanourecastle.com/' North Ireland Castle Catalog (Pictures and Chronology) -- http://www.honestitsnorthernireland.com/CATALOG1/newfile49.html NISMR database -- http://www.ehsni.gov.uk/built/mbr/monuments_database/mons.asp
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."	1847 -- Explosion Damages castle	Upper Dunluce	Loughguile, Castlequarter	D06602437	Private	Samuel Lewis (1837) -- http://www.from-ireland.net/lewis/ant/loughguile.htm Samuel Lewis (1837) -- http://www.from-ireland.net/lewis/ant/antrimcounty.htm Lissanoure Castle Web Site (Pictures and History) -- 'http://www.lissanourecastle.com/' North Ireland Castle Catalog (Pictures and Chronology) -- http://www.honestitsnorthernireland.com/CATALOG1/newfile49.html NISMR database -- http://www.ehsni.gov.uk/built/mbr/monuments_database/mons.asp
Moore Fort Moat	None	Rath -- "It appears to be quite large suggesting this may be a rath"		Upper Dunluce	Ballymoney, Drumaheglis	C90672560		Samuel Lewis (1837) -- http://www.from-ireland.net/lewis/ant/bmoney.htm NISMR database -- http://www.ehsni.gov.uk/built/mbr/monuments_database/mons.asp
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".		Upper Belfast	Shankill, Malone Lower	J335713		NISMR database -- http://www.ehsni.gov.uk/built/mbr/monuments_database/mons.asp
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.		Kilconway	Killagan, Mount Hamilton	D07241912?		Samuel Lewis (1837) {Find "Killagan"} -- http://www.booksulster.com/library/topog/k4.php NISMR database -- http://www.ehsni.gov.uk/built/mbr/monuments_database/mons.asp
Mount Hamilton Fort	None	Fort - "a large circular earthwork, called Mount Hamilton Fort"		Kilconway	Killagan, Mount Hamilton	D06411995?		Samuel Lewis (1837) {Find "Killagan"} -- http://www.booksulster.com/library/topog/k4.php NISMR database -- http://www.ehsni.gov.uk/built/mbr/monuments_database/mons.asp
Moyessit tumuli[Ancient Grave Mound]		Cairn -		Lower Toome	Ahoghill or Maghrahogill, Moyessit			Samuel Lewis (1837) -- http://www.from-ireland.net/lewis/ant/ahoghill.htm
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."	c13th -- Founded by -- Bisset ???? -- Castle Taken by -- ? (the crown) 1569 -- Castle fortified by -- Sir Moyses Hill 1597 -- Castle Claimed by -- Sorley Boy Mcdonnell 1598 -- Castle Dismanteled 1612 -- Castle Granted to -- Sir Aurthor Chichester 1798 -- Castle and town attcked by -- The Rebels	Upper Glenarm	Larne, Corran	D41330165	State Care	Samuel Lewis (1837) -- http://www.from-ireland.net/lewis/ant/larne.htm Norther Ireland Towns 'Larne' (Picture) -- http://ni_towns.tripod.com/larne/olderfleet_castle.html Irish Geneology ' Larne 1881' (History) -- http://larne.irishgenealogy.net/larne1888_1.html Imagery 'Olderfleete Castl , Larne' (Picture) -- http://www.irishimagery.com/html/bankdetail.asp?ID=2681 NISMR database -- http://www.ehsni.gov.uk/built/mbr/monuments_database/mons.asp
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. "		Lower Belfast	Inver or Larne, Larne	D40050240		NISMR database -- http://www.ehsni.gov.uk/built/mbr/monuments_database/mons.asp
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."	?1641 -- Castle taken by -- Irish (Toole McHugh O'Hara) 1798 -- Castle Burned by	Lower Massereene	Grange of Muckmore, Oldstone	J16288408		McGee Surname DNA Project -- http://www.mymcgee.com/ NISMR database -- http://www.ehsni.gov.uk/built/mbr/monuments_database/mons.asp
Portglenone Castle ('Fort of Eochain's Meadow" Former site of O'Neils Castle,)	None	Castle - "There are now no visible remains of this fortification..."	1197 -- Castle Built by -- John de Courcy 1779 -- Demolished by -- Charles Hamilton	Lower Toome	Portglenone, Garvaghy	C97700379		Samual Lewis (1837) -- http://www.from-ireland.net/lewis/ant/portglenone.htm Portglenone: Port Chluain eoghain History -- http://www.portglenone-cce.fsnet.co.uk/hist.html BBC Web Site 'The River Baan, Northern Ireland' -- http://www.bbc.co.uk/dna/h2g2/alabaster/A740512 NISMR database -- http://www.ehsni.gov.uk/built/mbr/monuments_database/mons.asp
Portmore Castle (1)	None	Castle - "… the site of a more ancient fortress."		Upper Massereene	Ballinderry, Portmore	J12156845		Samuel Lewis (1837) -- http://www.from-ireland.net/lewis/ant/ballinderry.htm The Fiddler's Companion: BONNY PORTMORE, Edward Bunting (1840) -- http://www.ceolas.org/cgi-bin/ht2/ht2-fc2/file=/tunes/fc2/fc.html&style=&refer=&abstract=&ftpstyle=&grab=&linemode=&max=250?Portmore NISMR database -- http://www.ehsni.gov.uk/built/mbr/monuments_database/mons.asp
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."	1664 -- Castle erected by -- Lord Conway 1761 -- Castle Removed	Upper Massereene	Ballinderry, Portmore	J12156845		Samuel Lewis (1837) -- http://www.from-ireland.net/lewis/ant/ballinderry.htm The Fiddler's Companion: BONNY PORTMORE, Edward Bunting (1840) -- http://www.ceolas.org/cgi-bin/ht2/ht2-fc2/file=/tunes/fc2/fc.html&style=&refer=&abstract=&ftpstyle=&grab=&linemode=&max=250?Portmore NISMR database -- http://www.ehsni.gov.uk/built/mbr/monuments_database/mons.asp
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."	12th -- Constructed by -- 1584 -- Destroyed by --	Lower Dunluce	Ballywillin, Portrush	C85494091		CRONACA (May 22, 2003) -- http://www.cronaca.com/archives/week_2003_05_18.html NISMR database -- http://www.ehsni.gov.uk/built/mbr/monuments_database/mons.asp
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."	1602-1605 -- Constructed by -- 1642 -- Destroyed by -- General Monroe	Lower Dunluce	Ballywillin, Portrush	C85494091		NISMR database -- http://www.ehsni.gov.uk/built/mbr/monuments_database/mons.asp
Priory of Templepatrick, Order of St. John's (Became Upton Castle)	Ruins	Monestary -	1611-19 -- Converted priory to Castle -- Sir Robert/Humphrey Norton	Upper Belfast	TemplePatrick, Templepatrick	J22808590		The Grange Family Tree -- http://www.rjbw.net/GrangeHIS.html NISMR database -- http://www.ehsni.gov.uk/built/mbr/monuments_database/mons.asp
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."		Upper Massereene	Glenavy, Ram's Head Island	J09657211		Samuel Lewis (1837) -- http://www.from-ireland.net/lewis/ant/antrimcounty.htm Lisburn Historical Society 'Round Towers in the Killultagh District' -- http://www.lisburn.com/books/historical_society/volume9/volume9_3.html Rams Island Web site (Pictures) -- http://www.ramsisland.netfirms.com/ NISMR database -- http://www.ehsni.gov.uk/built/mbr/monuments_database/mons.asp
Red Bay Castle (1) (Uaimhaderg)	None	Castle -	c13th -- Stone Castle Constructed by -- John and Walter Bisset	Lower Glenarm	Layd, Red Bay	D24292617		Samuel Lewis (1837) -- http://www.from-ireland.net/lewis/ant/antrimcounty.htm The Clan Donald Society, Magazine No 12 (1991) Online -- http://www.clandonald.org.uk/cdm12a36.htm Red Bay Castle (Picture) -- http://www.jesus-fish.net/Ireland/Cushe_1/pages/MVC-513S.htm County Antrim Web Site 'Historical Sites to Visit in Glenarf' -- http://www.antrim.net/glenarrif/historical.htm NISMR database -- http://www.ehsni.gov.uk/built/mbr/monuments_database/mons.asp
Red Bay Castle (2) (Uaimhaderg)	Ruin	Castle - "A motte and two irregular baileys on a promontory, possibly the site of a promontory fort"	1563 -- Constructed by -- McDonnell? 1565 -- Destroyed by -- Shane O'Neill	Lower Glenarm	Layd, Red Bay	D24292617		Samuel Lewis (1837) -- http://www.from-ireland.net/lewis/ant/antrimcounty.htm The Clan Donald Society, Magazine No 12 (1991) Online -- http://www.clandonald.org.uk/cdm12a36.htm Red Bay Castle (Picture) -- http://www.jesus-fish.net/Ireland/Cushe_1/pages/MVC-513S.htm County Antrim Web Site 'Historical Sites to Visit in Glenarf' -- http://www.antrim.net/glenarrif/historical.htm NISMR database -- http://www.ehsni.gov.uk/built/mbr/monuments_database/mons.asp
Red Bay Castle (3)	Ruin	Castle - "A motte and two irregular baileys on a promontory, possibly the site of a promontory fort"	1568 -- Rebuilt by -- Sorely Boy ???? -- Dismantled for Dunluce Castle --	Lower Glenarm	Layd, Red Bay	D24292617		Samuel Lewis (1837) -- http://www.from-ireland.net/lewis/ant/antrimcounty.htm The Clan Donald Society, Magazine No 12 (1991) Online -- http://www.clandonald.org.uk/cdm12a36.htm Red Bay Castle (Picture) -- http://www.jesus-fish.net/Ireland/Cushe_1/pages/MVC-513S.htm County Antrim Web Site 'Historical Sites to Visit in Glenarf' -- http://www.antrim.net/glenarrif/historical.htm NISMR database -- http://www.ehsni.gov.uk/built/mbr/monuments_database/mons.asp
Red Bay Castle (4)	Ruin	Castle - "A motte and two irregular baileys on a promontory, possibly the site of a promontory fort"	1604 -- Restored by -- 1652 -- Destroyed by --Cromwell	Lower Glenarm	Layd, Red Bay	D24292617		Samuel Lewis (1837) -- http://www.from-ireland.net/lewis/ant/antrimcounty.htm The Clan Donald Society, Magazine No 12 (1991) Online -- http://www.clandonald.org.uk/cdm12a36.htm Red Bay Castle (Picture) -- http://www.jesus-fish.net/Ireland/Cushe_1/pages/MVC-513S.htm County Antrim Web Site 'Historical Sites to Visit in Glenarf' -- http://www.antrim.net/glenarrif/historical.htm NISMR database -- http://www.ehsni.gov.uk/built/mbr/monuments_database/mons.asp
Redhall Tower-House (Ireww, Irwo, Irve, Temple Ichevecham)		Tower-House - "Tower house … on site of medieval parish church."		Lower Belfast	Templecorran, Redhall	J44939501		NISMR database -- http://www.ehsni.gov.uk/built/mbr/monuments_database/mons.asp
Retreat Castle	Ruins	Village - "There are at least thirteen structures, either rectangular or square, in varying states of preservation."		Lower Glenarm	Layd, Retreat	D20382421		NISMR database -- http://www.ehsni.gov.uk/built/mbr/monuments_database/mons.asp
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."	???? -- Founded by -- O'Neill of Clanaboy 1816 -- Destroyed by fire	Upper Toome	Drummaul, Shane's Castle Park	J11648798	Park	Samual Lewis (1837) -- http://www.from-ireland.net/lewis/ant/drummaul.htm Oneal Web Site 'Shanes Castle in Ireland' (Castle/Family History) -- http://www.onealwebsite.com/oneall/castle.htm Hugh the American Immigrant (Castle and Family History) -- http://home.cogeco.ca/~aoneill32/amhugh.htm Photos of Shane's Castle -- http://www.well.com/~marlah/albumns/ireland/shanes.htm http://www.york.ac.uk/depts/arch/landscapes/ukpg/sites/shanesca.htm NISMR database -- http://www.ehsni.gov.uk/built/mbr/monuments_database/mons.asp
Staffordstown Castle	Not Found	Castle - "...the destruction of a 'guardhouse' & a 'castle' are recorded in detail in the 1837 OS memoir."	1641 - Destroyed by - Irish Rebels	Upper Toome	Duneane, Staffordstown	J03778674		NISMR database -- http://www.ehsni.gov.uk/built/mbr/monuments_database/mons.asp
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."	1830 -- Plain House built by -- Rev. John Cleland 1858 -- Converted house to Castle -- Cleland Family	Upper Belfast	Belfast, Belfast			Stormont Castle Web Site -- http://www.nics.gov.uk/castle/castle.htm
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."	1607 -- Granted "Ballymena Estate" [Clanagherty] to -- Roy Oge Mac Quillan	Lower Toome	Ahogill, Galgorm	D07780205		Samuel Lewis (1837) -- http://www.from-ireland.net/lewis/ant/ahoghill.htm Ballymena Web Site 'History and Heritage' -- http://www.ballymena.gov.uk/historyandheritage.asp NISMR database -- http://www.ehsni.gov.uk/built/mbr/monuments_database/mons.asp
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."		Lower Belfast	Inver or Larne, Larne	D4102		NISMR database -- http://www.ehsni.gov.uk/built/mbr/monuments_database/mons.asp
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."	16th ???? -- Residence of -- Hamilton Family 1783 -- Castle Demolished	Upper Toome	Duneane, Toome	H98959026		http://web.ukonline.co.uk/nigel.bacon/castles/data/ireland/t/toome.htm A Short history of the Colquhoun and Hamilton Families -- http://www.geocities.com/Heartland/Plains/2064/calhoon.htm NISMR database -- http://www.ehsni.gov.uk/built/mbr/monuments_database/mons.asp Database of Irish Excavation Reports 'Toome Castle' -- http://www.excavations.ie/Pages/Details.php?Year=1991&County=Antrim&id=3174
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."	1828 -- Tower Collapses	Upper Massereene	Magheramesk, Trummery	J17156225		Samuel Lewis (1837) -- http://www.from-ireland.net/lewis/ant/antrimcounty.htm Lisburn Historical Society 'Round Towers in the Killultagh District' -- http://www.lisburn.com/books/historical_society/volume9/volume9_3.html NISMR database -- http://www.ehsni.gov.uk/built/mbr/monuments_database/mons.asp
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'. "	c16th -- Constructed by 1574 -- Given to -- Mr Brunker by -- Elizabeth I 1604 -- Granted to -- Sir Aurthor Chichester 18th -- Residence of -- Grimshaw Family	Lower Belfast	Carnmoney, Whitehouse	J35108082		John C Stewart Diaries ' Visit to the Irish Grimshaws' -- http://www.grimshaworigin.org/WebPages/JohnStewartDiary.htm Newtownabbey Online, Herritage Sites 'The White House, Whitehouse' (Picture and History) -- http://www.newtownabbey.gov.uk/heritage/sites/whitehouse.htm# NISMR database -- http://www.ehsni.gov.uk/built/mbr/monuments_database/mons.asp

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