Mount Sandel Fort is an
Iron Age fort in
Coleraine
Coleraine ( ; from ga, Cúil Rathain , 'nook of the ferns'Flanaghan, Deirdre & Laurence; ''Irish Place Names'', page 194. Gill & Macmillan, 2002. ) is a town and civil parish near the mouth of the River Bann in County Londonderry, Northern I ...
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County Londonderry
County Londonderry ( Ulster-Scots: ''Coontie Lunnonderrie''), also known as County Derry ( ga, Contae Dhoire), is one of the six counties of Northern Ireland, one of the thirty two counties of Ireland and one of the nine counties of Ulster. B ...
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Northern Ireland. The remains of the fort are located close to the
Mount Sandel Mesolithic site. Mount Sandel Fort mound is a State Care Historic Monument in the
townland of Mount Sandel, in
Coleraine Borough Council area, at Grid Ref: C8530 3070.
12th century
The fort was used as a residence of
John de Courcy.
See also
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Mount Sandel Mesolithic site
References
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Archaeological sites in County Londonderry
Coleraine
Former populated places in Northern Ireland
Northern Ireland Environment Agency properties
Military history of County Londonderry