What is recorded here

Court McMARTIN stands in Cushendall, County Antrim, a medieval castle scheduled for protection. Its walls likely watched the coast or guarded local roads long before written memories faded. People may have lived, argued, hidden or loved inside that old structure while the sea wind stripped the land clean.

The official Northern Ireland record identifies this as CASTLE: COURT McMARTIN. Recorded period: MEDIEVAL. Recorded protection: Scheduled. The official map point was placed at the centre of the recorded archaeological site from the source map reference.

Court McMartin Castle in Cushendall was built by the MacQuillans, a Gaelic Irish clan, during the late medieval period, likely between the 15th and 16th centuries. It is remembered as a significant defensive structure in a region marked by clan conflicts and English colonial expansion.

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