Castle Caldwell was built between 1612 and 1619, during the time of the Plantation of Ulster, by the Blennerhassetts, in classic Planter style; a bawn with 2 semi-circular projecting flanker towers and a within it a strong house.
In the 1660’s the estate was rented by the Blennerhassetts to the Caldwells, a well to do merchant family from Enniskillen, who eventually bought it about 1672. In June 1683 the head of the Caldwell family was granted an hereditary baronetcy and in the same year the first reference to a family home named ‘Castle Caldwell’ occurred. In the latter part of the 18th century the castle was renovated several times. It was inhabited until the early 20th century but is now in quite a ruinous state.
Castle Caldwell, on the shore of Lower Lough Erne near Belleek, is now a ruin Link . It was built by the Blennerhassett family in about 1612 and some sixty years later was purchased by James Caldwell, whose family held it for 200 years. Its subsequent history, its link to the famous Belleek pottery, and its wooded lakeside walks are described at Link and Link
In the 1660’s the estate was rented by the Blennerhassetts to the Caldwells, a well to do merchant family from Enniskillen, who eventually bought it about 1672. In June 1683 the head of the Caldwell family was granted an hereditary baronetcy and in the same year the first reference to a family home named ‘Castle Caldwell’ occurred. In the latter part of the 18th century the castle was renovated several times. It was inhabited until the early 20th century but is now in quite a ruinous state.
Castle Caldwell, on the shore of Lower Lough Erne near Belleek, is now a ruin Link . It was built by the Blennerhassett family in about 1612 and some sixty years later was purchased by James Caldwell, whose family held it for 200 years. Its subsequent history, its link to the famous Belleek pottery, and its wooded lakeside walks are described at Link and Link
This is the entrance of the caldwell castle