CASTLE & HILLTOP ENCLOSURE: DOONBOUGHT FORT in Doonbought — Report the wrong picture

What is recorded here

Doonbought Fort rises above County Antrim as a medieval castle and hilltop enclosure, preserving the shape of twelfth and thirteenth-century power. Its scheduled walls still mark the hill, while human footsteps and forgotten decisions have long since faded from the grass. The stones do not need a name to remind us that people once believed they could own the horizon.

The official Northern Ireland record identifies this as CASTLE & HILLTOP ENCLOSURE: DOONBOUGHT FORT. Recorded period: C12TH; MEDIEVAL; C13TH. Recorded protection: Scheduled. The official map point was placed at the centre of the recorded archaeological site from the source map reference.

Built in the 12th or 13th century, Doonbought Fort is a medieval hilltop enclosure and castle associated with the Ó Dálaigh (O'Dowd) clan, who were prominent in the west of Ulster. It is important as a Scheduled Ancient Monument, reflecting its historical and archaeological significance in the medieval landscape of the region.

The monument record does not grant public access. Check the route and ask the landowner before entering private land.