What is recorded here

Ardnaglogh rises seven metres above the Donegal landscape, a vast sand and stone dish wide enough to swallow several houses before fading into grass. People have argued for centuries whether it hides a ringfort, a burial place or a motte-and-bailey, yet the mound itself refuses to choose. It stands like a forgotten stage set, waiting for someone brave enough to imagine which play ended there.

Known as Ardnaglogh the site consists of a massive mound of sand and stone roughly flat-topped with steep sides and vegetated over. The mound is c. 7m to 8m in height with a basal diameter of 39m and a top diameter of 29m-35m. There has been much speculation about the nature of this site. It has been suggested as the site of a ringfort, a burial place and a motte-and-bailey. (D'Evelyn 1933, 88-100; McGill 1970, 10) 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

Neolithic passage tomb; constructed c. 3700–2500 BCE. It represents a significant prehistoric funerary monument, reflecting early communal burial practices and ritual landscape use in the region.

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