
What is recorded here
Ardvally Stone Ringfort stands near Kiltiernan Graveyard in County Donegal, a circular stone boundary marking human presence long before modern roads or written records. It is a fairy fort in local tradition, a place where the ordinary world thins and the dead, living, or never-born may still move. Its stones do not explain themselves; they wait for someone brave enough to sit beside them and listen.
The Archaeological Survey of Ireland (ASI) is in the process of providing information on all monuments on The Historic Environment Viewer (HEV). Currently the information for this record has not been uploaded. To access available information for research purposes please make an appointment in advance with the Archive Unit (open Fridays 10.00 am – 5.00 pm), Department of Housing, Local Government and Heritage, The Custom House, Dublin 1 D01W6XO or email NMarchive@housing.gov.ie.
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- What survives
- Recorded monument
Places near here
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Kiltiernan Graveyardgraveyard/cemetery · 713 yd
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IllancreeveIslet · 3.9 mi
Assaranca Waterfallwaterfall · 4.8 mi
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