Glenshesk
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Glenshesk (Irish: Gleann Seisce, English: the sedgy glen) is one of the nine Glens of Antrim in County Antrim, Northern Ireland. It was shaped by glacial erosion.[1] The glen lies on the eastern side of Knocklayd mountain and flows out to the sea at Ballycastle.[2]
At the bottom of Glenshesk lies the Glenshesk river, initially a steep-sided meltwater channel.[3]
At the foot of the glen is the ruins of the Franciscan Friary of Bunamargy, built in 1485. A number of battles occurred in the valleys of the glen and a number of standing stones mark the burial places of people killed in battle.[4]
