CASTLE: RETREAT CASTLE in Retreat OR Cloghglass — Report the wrong picture

What is recorded here

Retreat Castle stood in County Antrim during the late medieval period, serving as a fortified refuge rather than a grand residential hall. Its walls likely sheltered people from sudden danger, giving them time to think, hide, or leave before trouble arrived. The name itself suggests withdrawal, as if the castle existed to pull humans back from the edge of disaster.

The official Northern Ireland record identifies this as CASTLE: RETREAT CASTLE. Recorded period: LATE-MED; MED/L.MED. The official map point was placed at the centre of the recorded archaeological site from the source map reference.

Retreat Castle, also known as Cloghglass, was built in the late medieval period, likely by a local Gaelic lord or Anglo-Norman settler in what is now County Antrim, Northern Ireland. It is remembered as an example of early stone castle construction in the region, reflecting the strategic and territorial dynamics of medieval Ulster.

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