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Doe Castle today

Ireland · Restored

Doe Castle

Doe Castle is an early 15th-century Irish tower house and bawn near Creeslough in County Donegal, traditionally associated with Clan MacSweeney. The complex comprises a four-storey whitewashed tower-house rising above high rubble outer walls on a small rocky peninsula surrounded on three sides by water; the tower-house was restored in the late 20th century and the grounds are open to the public.

Photograph via Wikimedia Commons

Its prime

1420

Today

Restored

As it stood in 1420

The shape it held in its prime.

A four-storey, square whitewashed tower-house rises above high, dark-rubble curtain walls that enclose an interior bawn; a projecting circular drum-tower with a crenellated parapet abuts the curtain on one side. The stone walls are built of local grey-brown rubble, the tower shows small rectangular window openings and an angular gabled roofline behind the keep. The whole complex sits on a small rocky peninsula with water on three sides and a rock-cut moat protecting the landward approach, battlements intact.

Step inside

8 places to explore in 1420.

The record describes 8 distinct spots at Doe Castle — including 1 interior: tower-house interior (upper chambers). Create your own photoreal reconstruction and walk through every one — more scenes means more photos, more angles and more rooms of the immersive experience.

Landward approachPeninsula shorelineCurtain wall and battlementsRound drum tower (exterior)Tower-house exterior façadeInterior bawn / courtyardLandward rock-cut moatTower-house interior (upper chambers)

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