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Killynure / Wilson's Fort

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The 1st and 2nd editions of the OS 6-inch maps show this single-ringed 'Fort' to the E of 'Killynure Castle' site. A modern house of that name now occupies the area. R. Hunter (per. comm.) identifies this 'castle' as the plantation house erected by Wilson prior to 1622 (Treadwell 1953-4, 516) and said to have been…

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The 1st and 2nd editions of the OS 6-inch maps show this single-ringed 'Fort' to the E of 'Killynure Castle' site. A modern house of that name now occupies the area. R. Hunter (per. comm.) identifies this 'castle' as the plantation house erected by Wilson prior to 1622 (Treadwell 1953-4, 516) and said to have been built on 'a mount called Dundree'. Fagan in 1846 (Bk. 10, 8) when describing the remains of the nearby castle (DG069-022002-) recorded that 'it seems to have for its site an artificial and oval-shaped fort raised of earth and stone considerably above the adjoining ground but now much disfigured'. It is difficult to determine now if any remains of this 'Fort' survives as the mound has a natural appearance. The owner of the house on the site records the tradition of a 'Man-made underground passage' (DG069-022004-) nearby. The site is located on a slight rise, on good land just S of the River Deel. 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).

From the National Monuments Service (Archaeological Survey of Ireland) record DG069-022001

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  • National Inventory of Architectural Heritage
  • Gabrielle Gallagher, via St Mary’s Convoy club pictures on Donegal Daily, www.donegaldaily.com
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