What is recorded here
Motte-and-bastle architecture in Ballyrobin, County Antrim. Irish and Scottish building traditions overlapped here, producing sturdy tower houses and defensible farms rather than grand castles. The region retained Gaelic identity long after English settlement began.
The official Northern Ireland record identifies this as RATH & MOTTE. Recorded period: MEDIEVAL; E.CHRIST.. The official map point was placed at the centre of the recorded archaeological site from the source map reference.
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- What survives
- Recorded monument
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