This single-ringed, subcircular fortification appeared on the earliest Ordnance Survey maps from the 19th century, marked as a ‘Fort’ on both the first and second editions of the OS 6-inch maps. The site occupied an enviable position on high, flat ground with sweeping views across Lough Foyle, the kind of strategic location that would have been prized by its original builders.

Today, visitors to the area would find no physical trace of this ancient structure; the land that once held the fort’s earthen banks and defensive ditches has been reclaimed by agriculture and time. The ringfort’s existence is now preserved only in historical records and survey notes, serving as a reminder of how many archaeological sites have been lost to Ireland’s changing landscape over the centuries.

This particular site was documented in the Archaeological Survey of County Donegal, a comprehensive catalogue compiled by Brian Lacey and his team in 1983. The survey, which covers field antiquities from the Mesolithic period through to the 17th century, represents one of the most thorough archaeological inventories of the county, though even its detailed records cannot resurrect what has been erased from the physical landscape.