What is recorded here
Old Castle in Layd stands in County Antrim as a post-medieval ruin, marked on the official map at the centre of its archaeological site. It is not a grand palace on a postcard but a local anchor, the kind of place where stone edges still catch light and memory. Its scheduled status means the land itself is treated as worth keeping, even when the building no longer speaks in doors or rooms.
The official Northern Ireland record identifies this as HOUSE: OLD CASTLE. Recorded period: POST-MED. Recorded protection: Scheduled. 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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