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  • Harryville Motte and Bailey

    Topics:
    • Historic environment, 
    • Archaeology & Monuments

    Moat Road, Ballykeel
    Ballymena
    BT42 4DA
    United Kingdom

    Contact

    Phone: 028 9082 3207
    Email: scmenquiries@communities-ni.gov.uk

    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
    View on the Historic Environment Map Viewer
    SM number: ANT 037:022
    View details on the NI Sites & Monuments Record (NISMR)

    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:

    • Love Heritage NI
    Harryville Motte and Bailey
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