MOTTE; TWO BAILEYS; TOWER-HOUSE; CURTAIN WALL; possible site of PROMONTORY FORT: RED BAY CASTLE in Red Bay — Report the wrong picture

What is recorded here

Red Bay Castle in County Antrim layered a motte, two baileys, a tower-house and curtain wall above a possible promontory fort, marking the coast as a place of continuous defence rather than a single sudden build. Its medieval and later shapes suggest people kept returning to the same dangerous edge, adjusting stone and earth as threats changed. The sea may have tested the wall more often than armies did, forcing residents to read the water before reading the sky.

The official Northern Ireland record identifies this as MOTTE; TWO BAILEYS; TOWER-HOUSE; CURTAIN WALL; possible site of PROMONTORY FORT: RED BAY CASTLE. Recorded period: MEDIEVAL; LATE-MED; POST-MED; MED/L.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.