Battle site (Ballycastle)

Dunrainey fort is a possible motte situated in the Moyle district of Northern Ireland. The monument consists of an uncertain mound whose original form and dimensions remain subject to archaeological interpretation. As a potential motte, it may represent a Norman or medieval fortification typical…

Ballycastle ice house is a nineteenth-century underground structure built into the volcanic bedrock of County Antrim. The site sits upon Palaeogene extrusive rocks—mafic lava and tuff formed during ancient volcanic activity millions of years before human settlement. This geological foundation pro…

Dun a Mallaght is a mound of uncertain origin situated in the Moyle district of County Antrim, Northern Ireland. The monument may represent a motte, a defensive earthwork characteristic of medieval fortification, though its precise function and date remain unclear. The mound occupies bedrock comp…

Fortified outcrop, Moyle is a small early medieval fortified settlement situated on an elevated natural bedrock outcrop in County Antrim. The site occupies a defensible position where Leitrim Group strata—sandstone, mudstone, siltstone and conglomerate formed during the Namurian period—create a r…

Tornaroan salt pan is a prehistoric salt-production site located in the Moyle district of County Antrim, Northern Ireland. The monument represents evidence of Iron Age or early medieval salt-working activity, when coastal communities exploited natural brine sources or seawater to produce salt thr…

Carn an Truagh, Knocklayd is a Neolithic megalithic tomb, possibly of passage tomb type, located in the Moyle area of Northern Ireland. The monument sits upon bedrock formed from Palaeogene mafic lava and tuff, part of the extensive volcanic geology that characterises this region of County Antrim…