What is recorded here
Meltwater castles rise everywhere when memory loosens its grip. The distinction between fantasy and fact collapses under pressure. Human imagination builds more world than human measurement ever recorded.
The official Northern Ireland record identifies this as PORTRUSH CASTLE (SITE OF). Recorded period: LATE-MED; POST-MED. The official map point was placed at the centre of the recorded archaeological site from the source map reference.
Built in the late medieval period, Portrush Castle was likely held by local Gaelic lords of the O'Kane or MacQuillan families. It is remembered for its strategic position along the north coast of Ireland and as a site of historical conflict during the Ulster plantation period.
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- What survives
- Recorded monument
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