Olderfleet Castle
Northern IrelandNorthern Ireland
Key Information
Construction
Larne 54°50′42″N 5°48′32.4″W / 54.84500°N 5.809000°W / 54.84500; -5.809000 (Olderfleet Castle)
Castle Type
Current Status
Tower
Historical Overview
Olderfleet Castle is a four-storey towerhouse, the remains of which stand on Curran Point to the south of Larne Harbour in Larne, County Antrim, Northern Ireland. The place name of Olderfleet may be a corruption of Ulfrecksfiord (or Ulfried's Fjord), the Viking name for Larne Lough. Olderfleet Castle is a State Care Historic Monument in the townland of Curran and Drumaliss, in the former Larne Borough Council area, at grid ref: D4133 0166.
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