What is recorded here
In Ardmore, County Derry, a castle shadow lingers where no wall stands. The stones may have rotted into soil or men may have carried them elsewhere, but the name still points to a place where power once gathered. Perhaps a tower rose there before memory faded, casting long bars across the fields at sunset. The absence does not erase the shape; it invites you to complete it.
The official Northern Ireland record identifies this as 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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