Historic Environment

Harryville Motte and Bailey

Moat Road
Ballykeel
Ballymena
Antrim
BT42 4DA

Contact

Phone:
028 9082 3207
Email:

Additional information

Open to the public:

Yes, entry is free (Sometimes public access is restricted due to works for example. Check before you visit)

Grid reference:
D1122002600
SM number:
ANT 037:022

About Harryville Motte and Bailey

This is a fine earthwork castle, presumably of the late 12th or early 13th century, the biggest of a group in the Ballymena area. McNeill suggests that it was built by the O’Flynns rather than the Anglo-Normans because it lies outside the earldom. There is a large motte and a rectangular bailey to the east.

Other historic places you can visit:

Harryville Motte and Bailey
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