Atlas Obscura
Castle Ward in Downpatrick, Northern Ireland
Despite Game of Thrones' medievalesque feel, one of the show's most popular locations was portrayed on screen by an 18th-century mansion. The sprawling Castle Ward estate served as a stand-in for the seat of House Stark, Winterfell, in the hit television series - you might recognize the mansion's farmyard as the courtyard and archery range of the Stark clan, and many of the lands on the estate…
seat of House Stark in Game of Thrones