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Dungallon fort is a mound monument situated near Larne in County Antrim. The site occupies challenging ground above bedrock composed of Hibernian Greensands and Ulster White Limestone, Late Cretaceous deposits of chalk and sandstone that would have required substantial effort to excavate for defensive works. The uncertain nature of the earthwork's construction and original form reflects the challenges posed by this geology.
The mound represents one of Northern Ireland's early fortified sites, though its precise dating and functional chronology remain unclear. Such monuments typically served defensive, administrative or ceremonial purposes during the medieval or early post-medieval period, controlling movement and settlement in the surrounding landscape near Larne's strategic coastal location.
The site is protected as a scheduled monument by the Historic Environment Division of the Northern Ireland Department for Communities under reference 1770. Though its current condition and internal structure are not fully understood, Dungallon fort remains an important record of local settlement and fortification in the Larne area, preserving evidence of how communities adapted their defences to the local topography and underlying geology of the County Antrim coast.
Dungallon fort. mound is a scheduled monument protected by Department for Communities NI under reference 1770. View the official record →
Dungallon fort is a mound monument situated near Larne in County Antrim. It is designated a Scheduled Ancient Monument by DfC Northern Ireland (NISMR) under reference 1770.
Dungallon fort. mound dates from the uncertain period, and is classified as a mound. It is one of over 32,000 scheduled monuments protected across the UK.
Dungallon fort. mound is a Scheduled Ancient Monument, legally protected by DfC Northern Ireland (NISMR) — the body responsible for designating and safeguarding heritage sites in Ni. The official designation reference is 1770.
Several scheduled monuments lie within 10 km, including Garron tower, dunmaul, dunmaul. promontory fort (1.8 km), Pump house (2.2 km), Ardglany's, ardclinis. medieval parish church & graveyard, cross-carved stone & crozier (3.6 km).
This page is just one thread. A full Aubrey report pulls together 14 strands of Dungallon fort. mound's history, each drawn from the record and mapped to the exact spot:
Every location is different. Not every section appears for every place, only what the historical record actually holds turns up in a report.
Dungallon fort. mound stands on Hibernian Greensands Formation And Ulster White Limestone Formation (Undifferentiated), bedrock that formed in the Late Cretaceous. The rock here is chalk and sandstone.