What is recorded here
Castle Carra layers a sharp new tower above a medieval castle and a much older mesolithic camp, proving the hill has always belonged to whoever needed it. People may have watched the sea from that rock before walls existed, then rebuilt the same spot until stone and memory became one.
The official Northern Ireland record identifies this as MESOLITHIC OCCUPATION SITE; TOWER-HOUSE; KILLEEN: CASTLE CARRA. Recorded period: PREHISTORIC; MEDIEVAL; POST-MED; MED/L.MED; MESOLITHIC. 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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