The Doon at Malin Well — Report the wrong picture

What is recorded here

Malin Well holds a forgotten doon, a coastal fort whose earthworks vanished before modern cameras arrived. The sea likely swallowed the landward defenses, leaving only a name behind. What remains is a boundary marker for human ambition, proving even stone submits to water given enough time.

Marked 'Doon' on the OS 6-inch maps there is now no trace of the landward earthworks recorded here (Davies and Swan 1939, 206-7). It would seem likely that this was a promontory fort. 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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