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  • Kinbane Castle

    Topics:
    • Historic environment, 
    • Archaeology & Monuments

    (near) Whitepark Road
    Ballycastle
    BT54 6GA
    United Kingdom

    Contact

    Phone: 028 9082 3207
    Email: scmenquiries@communities-ni.gov.uk
    Website: https://discovernorthernireland.com/things-to-do/kinbane-castle-p706881

    Additional Information

    Open to the public: Yes, entry is free (Sometimes public access is restricted due to works for example. Check before you visit)
    Grid reference: D0877243817
    View on the Historic Environment Map Viewer
    SM number: ANT 004:004
    View details on the NI Sites & Monuments Record (NISMR)

    About Kinbane Castle

    This is dramatically sited on the 'ceann bán', Gaelic for 'white (chalk) headland', in a position of great natural strength. Reported to have been built by Colla MacDonnell shortly before 1551, it is known to have been captured and partly destroyed by the English in that year, but was reoccupied and traditionally used until the mid-18th century. The castle was entered through a gate in the south wall, protected by a tower with a gun-loop at the south-west angle, partly ruined. The main surviving masonry is the tower at the south angle, two stories high with good detail visible. Beyond was a walled enclosure, partly defended by the steep cliffs and partly the wall, now largely grass-grown but with traces of at least two gun-loops north-east of the tower. PLEASE NOTE: This site is dangerous because of eroding rock and steep drops. Great care is needed. The rock is not safe beyond the castle.

    Other historic places you can visit:

    • Love Heritage NI
    Kinbane Castle
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