What is recorded here
MOUND - PLATFORM RATH? or MOTTE?: DUNGONNELL MOAT, County Antrim, Ireland, is a buried platform or motte where human hands shaped earth into a stage for watching, waiting, or remembering. Whether birthplace, boundary marker, or forgotten home, the mound still holds the shape of intention. It is not decoration; it is a claim made visible in soil.
The official Northern Ireland record identifies this as MOUND - PLATFORM RATH? or MOTTE?: DUNGONNELL MOAT. Recorded period: E.CHRIST.; MEDIEVAL. The official map point was placed at the centre of the recorded archaeological site from the source map reference.
Medieval motte-and-bailey castle site, constructed in the 12th to 13th centuries. It represents Norman military expansion into Ulster and is significant for understanding medieval fortification patterns in Northern Ireland.
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- What survives
- Recorded monument
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