What is recorded here

Duncarbit Castle in County Antrim is a ruined castle or burnt house, and the name itself records the violence that ended its first life. The site still holds enough shape to suggest chambers, defences and the sudden heat that destroyed them. Whatever was lost there, the place kept the event alive in its own name.

The official Northern Ireland record identifies this as CASTLE: DUNCARBIT CASTLE or BURNT HOUSE. Recorded period: UNCERTAIN. The official map point was placed at the centre of the recorded archaeological site from the source map reference.

Duncarbit Castle, also known as the Burnt House, was a 16th-century tower house built by the MacDonnell clan, who were prominent Gaelic lords in Antrim. It is remembered for its strategic location and as a symbol of clan power in the region during the early modern period.

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