What is recorded here

No wall ever rose on that oval rock, yet people still call it a fort because the shape demands belief. The platform stands four to five metres above the River Deele, wide enough for fields, views and memory, but bare of stone architecture. Perhaps a family lived there before maps learned to doubt, or perhaps the land simply invented a fortress because flat rock beside water feels like a threshold. Either way, the name has done what mortar never could: it has kept the place company.

A natural, oval platform of rock outcrop c. 60m N-S, c.20 E-W and 4m to 5m high. It is very overgrown but there is no evidence of any artificial fortification on its level top. It is believed locally to be a 'Fort' and is so marked on the 1st edition of the OS 6-inch map. It is situated in excellent land on the bank of the River Deele with wide views. 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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