What is recorded here

Ward Knowe or Dromore Castle in Fish Loughan, County Derry, is a castle and flint findspot from an uncertain prehistoric period. The name suggests a ward place, a boundary marker or a small fortified home where people watched the land and kept sharp tools close. The flints imply hands chipping stone, lighting fires or cutting flesh long before written records. The castle word may be later local pride layered onto an older human presence.

The official Northern Ireland record identifies this as CASTLE & FINDSPOT OF FLINTS: WARD KNOWE or DROMORE CASTLE. Recorded period: UNCERTAIN; PREHISTORIC. The official map point was placed at the centre of the recorded archaeological site from the source map reference.

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