Olderfleet Castle

54°50′34″N 5°48′03″W / 54.84280°N 5.80080°W / 54.84280; -5.80080

Ruins of what is now known as Olderfleet Castle (circa 1860-1883). This structure may have been originally known as Curran Castle.
Olderfleet Castle in 2006

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.[1][2]

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.[3]

  1. ^ Sandford, Ernest (1976). Discover Northern Ireland. Belfast: Northern Ireland Tourist Board. p. 53. ISBN 0 9500222 7 6.
  2. ^ "Olderfleet Castle". Discover Northern Ireland. Northern Ireland Tourist Board. Retrieved 13 April 2015.
  3. ^ "Olderfleet Castle" (PDF). Environment and Heritage Service NI - State Care Historic Monuments. Archived from the original (PDF) on 22 July 2012. Retrieved 3 December 2007.