MOTTE AND BAILEY: McQUILLAN'S CASTLE in Galgorm — Report the wrong picture

What is recorded here

McQuillan's Castle in Galgorm, County Antrim, stands as a medieval motte and bailey where earth and memory still touch. The mound may have held a hall, a guard room or a family altar, while the surrounding ditch marked the boundary between ordinary life and protected power. McQuillan lived there during a time when strength was shown through stone, soil and visibility. The castle remains scheduled, preserving the shape of a world that no longer explains itself.

The official Northern Ireland record identifies this as MOTTE AND BAILEY: McQUILLAN'S CASTLE. Recorded period: MEDIEVAL. Recorded protection: Scheduled. The official map point was placed at the centre of the recorded archaeological site from the source map reference.

McQuillan's Castle is a medieval motte-and-bailey castle, likely built by a local Gaelic lord or Anglo-Norman settler in the 12th or 13th century. It is important as a scheduled monument reflecting early medieval military architecture and land control in the Galgorm area.

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