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PROMONTORY FORT: DUNGANNON FORT in Downhill

PROMONTORY FORT: DUNGANNON FORT
PROMONTORY FORT: DUNGANNON FORT in Downhill
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Dungannon Fort in Downhill, County Derry, is a scheduled promontory fort from the early Christian period. It clings to the coast like a stone fist, exposing one side to the sea while the land supports the rest. People may have watched ships, prayed to ancestors, or simply resisted the wind there. The forted edge still divides safety from drowning water.
The official Northern Ireland record identifies this as PROMONTORY FORT: DUNGANNON FORT. Recorded period: E.CHRIST.. Recorded protection: Scheduled. The official map point was placed at the centre of the recorded archaeological site from the source map reference.

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