What is recorded here
Mortons has watched Ballymoney for centuries, keeping its distance from the busy life below. The bivaliate rath and underground passage in Ballywoodock belong to the same ancient region, where human hands shaped earth into rooms and rings long before modern roads arrived. These are not passive ruins; they are active witnesses, remembering every footstep, argument, feast and departure that touched them.
The official Northern Ireland record identifies this as BIVALLATE RATH & Man-made underground passage. Recorded period: E.CHRIST.. Recorded protection: Scheduled. The official map point was placed at the centre of the recorded archaeological site from the source map reference.
The monument record does not grant public access. Check the route and ask the landowner before entering private land.
- What survives
- Recorded monument
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