What is recorded here

Moghan castle is a plantation castle in Ballymoghan Beg, County Derry, Ireland. It belongs to the post-medieval period and survives as a recorded archaeological site rather than a standing palace. The name suggests arrival, ownership and transformation, with a local landscape caught between memory and takeover.

The official Northern Ireland record identifies this as PLANTATION CASTLE. Recorded period: POST-MED. The official map point was placed at the centre of the recorded archaeological site from the source map reference.

Built during the 17th century as part of the Ulster Plantation, Plantation Castle in Ballymoghan Beg was likely held by English or Scottish settlers granted land under James I's colonial policy. It is remembered as a symbol of the political and cultural transformation of Ulster during the post-medieval period.

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