What is recorded here
Ballyneill Castle stands in County Derry, its age uncertain but its castle identity clear. The exact site remains defined, even when the timeline resists definition. Stone, earth and memory wait for somebody brave enough to imagine the hands that shaped them.
The official Northern Ireland record identifies this as CASTLE: BALLYNEILL CASTLE. Recorded period: UNCERTAIN. 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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