The four-storey ruins standing on Curran Point south of Larne Harbour, possibly built on the site of an earlier towerhouse of the Scoto-Irish Bissett family of Glenarm around 1250, though the surviving remains are thought to date from a 16th-century structure known as Curran Castle. The place name derives from the Viking name for Larne Lough.
Visiting Olderfleet Castle
Ruin, freely accessible exterior
"The four-storey ruins standing on Curran Point south of Larne Harbour, possibly built on the site of an earlier towerhouse of the Scoto-Irish Bissett family of Glenarm around 1250, though the surviving remains are thought to date from a 16th-century structure known as Curran Castle."
Where to stay nearby
The closest castle hotel is Ballygally Castle, 5.65 km away in Ballygally — Built in 1625 by Scottish settler James Shaw, used during the Irish Civil Wars and 1641 rebellion; the only 17th-century building in Northern Ireland still in continuous use as a residence today.
Nearest castle hotel · 5.65 km
Ballygally Castle
Ballygally, Co. Antrim · 4-star
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