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Carra Castle

Carra Castle or Castle Carra is a ruined castle, just north of , , . It dates to around the early 14th century. The castle lies in a field near the coast and the harbour of Cushendun.
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Photo: Anne Burgess, CC BY-SA 2.0.
  • Type: Castle
  • Description: ruined castle in County Antrim, Northern Ireland
  • Also known as: “Carra Castle, Antrim”

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Cushendun and Knocknacarry.

Village
Photo: Dr Neil Clifton, CC BY-SA 2.0.
is a small coastal in , . It sits off the A2 coast road between and . It has a sheltered harbour and lies at the mouth of the River Dun and Glendun, one of the nine Glens of Antrim.

Locality
is a hamlet and townland about 1 kilometre west of and 17 kilometres south-east of in , .

Photo: diego cue, CC BY-SA 3.0.
is a village historically in in Northern Ireland; those counties have been abolished and it's now part of Causeway Coast and Glens District, with a population of 1363 in 2006.

Carra Castle

Latitude
55.13262° or 55° 7′ 57″ north
Longitude
-6.04147° or 6° 2′ 29″ west
Open location code
9C7M4XM5+2C
Open­Street­Map ID
node 7297913710
Open­Street­Map feature
historic=­castle
Wiki­data ID
Q2737994
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About Mapcarta. Data © OpenStreetMap contributors and available under the Open Database License". Text is available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 license, except for photos, directions, and the map. Description text is based on the Wikipedia page “Carra Castle”. Photo: Anne Burgess, CC BY-SA 2.0.