Dunseverick Castle
Dunseverick Castle | |
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County Antrim, Northern Ireland | |
Coordinates | 55°14′18″N 6°26′54″W / 55.238369°N 6.448230°W |
Type | Castle |
Site information | |
Controlled by | Northern Ireland Environment Agency |
Open to the public | Yes |
Condition | In ruins |
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Dunseverick Castle is situated in County Antrim, Northern Ireland, near the small village of Dunseverick and the Giant's Causeway. Dunseverick Castle and earthworks are Scheduled Historic Monuments in the townland of Feigh, in Causeway coast and Glens district council, at grid ref: C9871 4467.[1]
Dunseverick Castle and the peninsula on which it stands were given to the
History
In the later part of the 6th century AD, this was the seat of Fergus Mor MacEirc (
It became a manorial centre of the Earls of Ulster from around 1250 to 1350 AD and then a stronghold of the O’Cahans and later the McDonnells from 1560 AD.
The castle was captured and destroyed by General Robert Munro in 1642[3] and his Cromwellian troops in the 1650s, and today only the ruins of the gatelodge remain. A small residential tower survived until 1978 when it eventually surrendered to the sea below.
It was a 'key' ancient site in Ireland. One of the five great royal highways, or slighe of ancient Ireland, Slige Midluachra, had its terminal point at Dunseverick castle,[4] running from here to Emain Macha and further to Tara and the fording point on the Liffey at what is now Dublin.
See also
- Castles in Northern Ireland
- Media related to Dunseverick Castle at Wikimedia Commons
References
- ^ "Dunseverick" (PDF). Environment and Heritage Service NI - Scheduled Historic Monuments. Archived from the original (PDF) on 5 November 2008. Retrieved 3 December 2007.
- ^ "North Antrim". North Antrim website. Archived from the original on 27 August 2017. Retrieved 4 March 2006.
- ^ "General Robert Munro". Archived from the original on 3 March 2016. Retrieved 31 May 2008.
- ^ "An Analysis of Pre-Christian Ireland Using Mythology and A GIS". Retrieved 14 June 2015.
- Dunseverick website
- Ballycastle Free - Dunseverick Archived 17 October 2016 at the Wayback Machine
- Dunseverick Castle