Ballymacaward Eastern Fairy Fort — Report the wrong picture

What is recorded here

Half a century of rain has softened the bank, but the fort still holds its shape above the Erne. People may have lived inside, loved inside, bled and buried inside before becoming legend. The fairies took the story and wore it like a coat.

Internal diam. 25m. A circular area enclosed by a low, very worn, earthen bank and a silted-up and rush-filled fosse. A gap in the bank opposite a causeway across the fosse in the W quadrant is probably the remains of the entrance. A modern field fence runs through the E side of the site. Situated in good land on a ridge overlooking the estuary of the Erne. 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

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