What is recorded here
Otway's pen captured the Ballyglass monument before modern surveys forgot its exact stones. Westropp repeated the claim decades later, pushing the mystery into official memory. The true identity remains hidden between two court tombs near Ballycastle, waiting for someone to stop guessing and look.
This record is listed in the SMR (1981) as ‘monument’ based on a reference in Westropp (1912, 116) to ‘..the interesting monument (illustrated by Otway) at Ballyglass between Dunfeeny and Ballycastle..'. It is likely that it refers to one of two court tombs (MA007-045001-; MA007-046) which are located close to Ballycastle village.
Compiled by: Jane O'Shaughnessy
Date of upload: 24 July 2014
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- What survives
- Recorded monument
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