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2 landmarks in the Castlemap atlas — every one mapped with a photo and its story, all 2 with sourced founding dates, ranked by Wikipedia coverage and real readership.
The most famous castle in New Zealand is Larnach Castle, ranked #1,712 of 8,133 in the world — followed by Fort Buckley.
The Castlemap atlas charts 1 castle and 1 fortress in New Zealand. Every one is plotted with its photo, founding date and story on the interactive castle map of New Zealand.
The northernmost is Fort Buckley, the southernmost Larnach Castle — about 611 km apart.
See them on the map →Castle · 19th century · #1 in New Zealand
Larnach Castle is a mock castle on the ridge of the Otago Peninsula within the limits of the city of Dunedin, New Zealand, close to the small…
Fortress · 19th century · #2 in New Zealand
Fort Buckley was a defensive fort built in Wellington, New Zealand in 1885, overlooking the port of Wellington and Wellington Harbour.
The Castlemap atlas maps 2 landmarks (1 castle · 1 fortress) in New Zealand — a curated selection of well-documented landmarks from Wikidata, not a count of every fortification ever built.
Larnach Castle, ranked #1,712 of 8,133 worldwide in the atlas's fame ranking, founded in the 19th century.
See also: the most famous castle in every country · the oldest in every country · medieval castles · castle statistics.
