Palace & château
Crom Castle
NIR Northern Ireland · 19th century
Crom Castle (Irish: Caisleán na Croime) is a country house on the shores of Upper Lough Erne in County Fermanagh, Northern Ireland. It is the seat of the Earls Erne.
Standing within the 1,900-acre (7.7 km2) Crom Estate and a formal garden, the castle is built of stone. A central battlemented tower includes the main entrance, and there are also smaller towers to one side. It stands apart from the ruins of Old Crom Castle, of which two towers, some walls, and a ha-ha survive, and near two ancient yew trees believed to be at least 800 years old.
Text adapted from “Crom Castle” on Wikipedia, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Crom Castle ranks #3,031 of 8,134 worldwide in the atlas's castle fame ranking, and #11 of the 36 mapped in Northern Ireland. Founded c. 1859, it is older than 7% of the atlas's dated landmarks — one of 607 atlas entries founded in the 19th century. Its Wikipedia articles were opened 1,980 times in the last 60 days, more than 67% of the atlas. 4 more atlas landmarks stand within 25 km. The nearest day-trip guide is Drogheda, 88 km away. See how Northern Ireland compares in the castle statistics.
View on the interactive castle map →Frequently asked questions
Where is Crom Castle?
Crom Castle stands in Northern Ireland, at 54.1685°, -7.44878°.
When was Crom Castle built?
The atlas dates its founding to c. 1859. Earlier structures may have stood on the site; this is the earliest documented founding year.
How famous is Crom Castle?
In this atlas's fame ranking: #3,031 of 8,134 worldwide, and #11 in Northern Ireland. Fame here combines how many Wikipedia language editions cover a landmark with how many people read them.
What is the nearest castle to Crom Castle?
Castle Saunderson, about 7 km away.
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