Situated a few miles to the east of Carrick-a-Rede  and a short distance out of Ballycastle on the Causeway Coastal Route is the secluded remains of Kinbane (White Head) Castle. There are many spellings for Kenbane, as is common with many local place names, Kinbane, Kenbane, Kinbahn and Kenbahn, another name associated may have been Reuben's Castle. There are records from the Victorian era of guides coming here to collect a mineral known as spar, this was in fact natrolite, a beautiful looking crystalised deposit. They would collect it here and then sell it to visitors at the causeway stones during the summer.

Kinbane is exceptional in its location, the castle was constructed on the limestone headland which protrudes out from below overlying basalt cliffs, the headland has a sea cave which passes through from one side to the other.

I have always found Kinbane to be a magical and haunting location where you can almost feel the past, as evening fall and the cliffs darken, you can sense a feeling foreboding as if someone is watching you from above, this maybe due to my overactive imagination combined with local knowledge but I have sensed that feeling here and also down in the 'Planted Port', the next accessible small bay towards Ballycastle.

The hollow between the cliffs and the castle is known as 'Lag na Sassenach' (Hollow of the English), the name is said to derive from the 1500s when a garrison of soldiers were sent to take the castle, failing to take it, they lay seige.  A distress fire was lit on the headland by those inside the castle walls, to call for help from Ballycastle and Raghery. As help arrived the garrison found itself in an impossible situation to escape from. Surrounded by cliffs and arriving castle allies on one side and the sea on the other, their fate was sealed and all of them are said to have been killed in 'Lag na Sassenach'.

Access is down a long series of steps, coming back up can be tough enough depending on your mobility and fitness but like all things if you take your time and rest then its okay. Walking out to the headland is possible but you really need a good head for heights and extreme caution in places, it is not suitable for young children to run around on, their are no fences or safety rails, so be very aware.