CASTLE & EARTHWORK ENCLOSURE: DOHERTY TOWER or CASTLE AILEACH in Elagh More — Report the wrong picture

What is recorded here

Doeherty Tower and Castle Aileach rise from Elagh More as a medieval castle and earthwork enclosure, still scheduled and watched. The stones and banks may have marked a boundary, a home, or a warning, while people moved through County Derry under changing power. Whatever they built there, the land kept the shape of their choice.

The official Northern Ireland record identifies this as CASTLE & EARTHWORK ENCLOSURE: DOHERTY TOWER or CASTLE AILEACH. Recorded period: MED/L.MED. Recorded protection: Scheduled. The official map point was placed at the centre of the recorded archaeological site from the source map reference.

Built by the O'Doherty clan, Castle Aileach is a significant medieval stronghold associated with the Lords of Inishowen in the early medieval period, remembered as a key seat of power in northwest Ireland.

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