What is recorded here
Lisserluss in County Antrim holds the Castles, a name that promises grand stone towers but may point only to military trenches cut into the land. The uncertainty of their date leaves the site suspended between ages, forcing imagination to fill the gap left by silence. Men may have dug those lines in fear or fury, then vanished without marking the soil. The Castles remain a placeholder for forgotten human urgency.
The official Northern Ireland record identifies this as MILITARY ENTRENCHMENTS: THE CASTLES. 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
Places near here
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Blue Trail, Giant's CausewayWalking route · 1433 yd
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Giant's GateHeritage attraction · 1522 yd
Giant's CausewayHeritage attraction · 1615 yd
Causeway HotelHotel · 1.0 mi
Dunseverick Parish ChurchChurch · 1.3 mi
Runkerry Stand (Bushfoot)Beach / strand · 1.7 mi
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