Low Rock or Rock Castle, Portstewart, County Derry 

Low Rock Castle, Portstewart, County Derry 

Rock Castle, Portstewart, County Derry, photograph by Robert French, (between ca. 1865-1914), Lawrence Photograph Collection, National Library of Ireland.

Bence-Jones, Mark. A Guide to Irish Country Houses (originally published as Burke’s Guide to Country Houses volume 1 Ireland by Burke’s Peerage Ltd. 1978); Revised edition 1988 Constable and Company Ltd, London.

p. 195. “A two storey late-Georgian seaside villa, with a bow like a round tower at either end of its front; originally battlemented. The bows contain circular rooms. The birthplace of Field Marshal Sir George White, VC, the defender of Ladysmith. (see also Rock Castle). 

Rock Castle, Portstewart, County Derry, photograph by Robert French, (between ca. 1865-1914), Lawrence Photograph Collection, National Library of Ireland.

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