What is recorded here

No visible boundary wall exists at the west, yet the cliff edge stops every advancing army before it reaches the centre. The fort uses the mountain itself as a guardrail, and that missing wall becomes the strongest part of the design.

Internal diam. 30m. Previously unmarked on the OS 6-inch maps, but recorded as 'Dooey's Castle or Cashel-na-Veean' (M. R. Colhoun). The site consists of a roughly circular space enclosed by a ruined stone wall. Part of the original facings are visible from WNW through the E half to the S. At the N it is 1.25m high. 'There is an entrance at the ENE which opens onto a natural ramp 4m wide between two faces of rock. A line of boulders narrows this ramp at one point to 1m. On the W side' there is no wall but a sheer, and in places overhanging, cliff defines the edge. The E section of the interior is 2m to 3m lower than the rest of the site. A drystone wall runs along the top of the rock to the W of this drop. The site is located on a rocky platform in mountainous terrain with very little pasture. The above description was derived from the 'Archaeological Survey of County Donegal. A description of the field antiquities of the County from the Mesolithic Period to the 17th century.' Compiled by: Brian Lacey with Eamon Cody, Claire Cotter, Judy Cuppage, Noel Dunne, Vincent Hurley, Celie O'Rahilly, Paul Walsh and Seán Ó Nualláin (Lifford: Donegal County Council, 1983). In certain instances the entries have been revised and updated. Date of upload: 22 September 2008

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