What is recorded here
Internal diam. c. 17m. A subcircular area now surrounded by a very, collapsed and overgrown stone wall. The estimated width of this wall is c. 1.3m. Two field boundaries now cross and meet inside the monument. It is situated just below the crest of a rise on land sloping steeply to the SE. 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).
From the National Monuments Service (Archaeological Survey of Ireland) record DG053-022
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- What survives
- Recorded monument
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