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http://www.megalithomania.com/show/site/1095 Megalithomania - Visit Notes: Armory Round Tower Peruse personal visit notes and colour images. Also offers map grid reference. |
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http://www.oldprints.co.uk/prints/images/93232.htm Oddprints - Dunseverick Castle Learn more about this castle by studying antique print by W.H. Bartlett of building as it was in 1840. |
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http://www.members.tripod.com/soundoffzine/Travel/ Ireland/dunluce.htm Ireland 2000 - Dunluce Castle Enjoy looking at this colour photographs of desolate ruin of Dunluce castle perched on a cliff top near the Giant Causeway. |
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http://cloghmore.bravepages.com/antrim/carrickfergus.html Gazetteer - Carrickfergus Castle Built in 1180's by John de Courcy this castle has a keep with four floors, two polygonal towers and a double-tower gatehouse. View colour images. |
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http://www.irish-architecture.com/buildings_ireland/antrim/carrickfergus/ carrickferguscastle1_lge.html Archiseek - Carrickfergus Castle Study the original 12th century keep within this Norman castle that has also been used as an armoury, air-raid shelter, and prison. Plus colour pictures. |
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http://www.touristnetuk.com/ni/dunluce-castle/ TouristNet - Carrickfergus Castle Peruse colour photography of exterior of this Norman castle and explore its architecture and fortifications. Plus access details. |
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http://www.ehsni.gov.uk/places/monuments/carrick.shtml Environment and Heritage Service - Carrickfergus Castle Browse major 13th century castle in County Antrim that saw continuous battles over 800 years. Study colour photograph and old illustration showing castle and site. |
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http://www.bbc.co.uk/northernireland/autumn/haunted/ carrickfergus.shtml BBC Northern Ireland - Carrickfergus Castle Part of BBC's Halloween season, read short description of 'Buttoncap' who haunted the castle and why. |
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http://www.pbase.com/kkkkkkireland/image/32413412 PBase - Dunluce Castle Find out more about this Norman castle perched on the north Antrim coast by studying colour photography. |
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http://www.northantrim.com/dunlucecastle.htm North Antrim - Dunluce Castle Constructed on limestone cliffs over the 'Mermaid's Cave' this castle was possibly built by Richard de Burgh during the Anglo-Norman period. Short historic note plus photos. |
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http://cloghmore.bravepages.com/antrim/altagore.html Gazetteer - Altagore Cashel Find out about the dry-stone walls and a few stone steps that are all that remains of medieval castle. Peruse series of colour photographs. |
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http://cloghmore.bravepages.com/antrim/antrimRT.html Gazetteer - Antrim Round Tower Read about the history of St Comgall's relics taken from Bangor to the monastery at Antrim. Study photos of the 8th century tower that is all that remains. |
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http://cloghmore.bravepages.com/antrim/armoyRT.html Gazetteer - Armoy Round Tower Excavated in 1843 this tower, that once sported a conical cap, is the only remains of a medieval monastery. Study photos of the old tower. |
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http://www.york.ac.uk/depts/arch/landscapes/ukpg/sites/antrimca.htm UK Database of Historic Parks & Gardens - Antrim Castle Review short catalogue entry for Antrim Castle with description, location, parish, and map reference. |
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http://www.bbc.co.uk/northernireland/autumn/haunted/shanes.shtml BBC Northern Ireland - Shane’s Castle Digest short description of hauntings at Shane's Castle as part of BBC's Halloween season. |
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http://www.bbc.co.uk/northernireland/autumn/haunted/ballygally.shtml BBC Northern Ireland - Ballygally Castle Thought to be the most haunted building in Antrim, this castle built late-medieval period is now a hotel. Find out about who the ghost is. |
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http://radiocarbon.pa.qub.ac.uk/local/armagh/Gosford/ Queens University Belfast - Gosford Castle Scrutinize 17th century castle constructed by the Achesons but raised in the war of 1641. Read connection with Jonathan Swift with manor house now built on the site. |
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http://cloghmore.bravepages.com/antrim/dunluce.html Gazetteer - Dunluce Castle Considered to date back to early Christian period, this castle was constructed on a large rocky outcrop over-looking the Irish Sea. Also colour photography of ruins. |
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http://cloghmore.bravepages.com/antrim/dunseverick.html Gazetteer - Dunseverick Castle Little remains of this 16th century castle, perched on a rocky elevation, that was possible raised by the Parliamentarians in 17th century. See colour pictures. |
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My thanks to the follow for helping me research castles in Northern Ireland and allowing me to reproduce their images on this site: Jordan McClements, Fermanagh County Museum, and Environment and Heritage Service (N.I.).
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