Walled Garden, corner of Oldstone Road and Seven Mile Straight, Muckamore, Antrim, Co Antrim

An irregular shaped field bounded partly by brick and stone walling containing two archways. Exterior face of wall to north side is of roughly coursed basalt rubble with a projecting rendered coping. At the east end a lower uncoursed basalt rubble wall abuts it tangentially, forming the boundary to Muckamore House demesne. At the west end the masonry is uncoursed and the wall ends with a raking coping of basalt rubble. Inner face of wall to north side is comprised of hand-made brickwork on low basalt base courses; beyond the main curved expanse of wall, towards the east, the brickwork abuts uncoursed basalt rubble with the brickwork ending in 3-course long and short blocks. Near the corner of the eastern run with the south wall is a Gothic archway set in a segmental arched recess with basalt reveals. Exterior of Gothic archway: main walling is of basalt rubble; archway has roughly dressed voussoirs and some cement trim to the edges. Exterior face of main walling facing east contains some small rectangular recesses. South walling: interior face is of basalt rubble with projecting roughly shaped basalt coping stones. Near the centre is a semi-circular archway of dressed sandstone, the arch comprised of three curved blocks, with a projecting moulding at the springing porch of the arch. Archway approached by a set of now derelict sandstone steps, and contains a broken timber gate which has the main posts stop chamfered. Exterior face of archway similar to interior face. Exterior face of south wall is similar to interior face. Beyond the gateway to the south is a flight of stone steps forming part of a previous garden layout, but all is overgrown. Western boundary formed by modern ranch-style timber fencing. SETTING: The walled garden stands in a rural area, in the angle between two roads at the northernmost corner of the grounds of Muckamore House. Mature trees beyond the walls to the south and north-east. Within walls the area is now a field with lines of previous pathways now obscured.