What is recorded here
Maybe Ballymoy Castle is a phantom, born from a transcribed name rather than a built tower. The official record hedges with possible, uncertain and cashel, admitting that a castle may be an assumption dressed in stone. If a structure ever stood there, it has erased itself completely, leaving only a coordinate and a question mark.
The official Northern Ireland record identifies this as POSSIBLE CASHEL: BALLYMOY CASTLE. Recorded period: UNCERTAIN. 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.
- What survives
- Recorded monument
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