
What is recorded here
Caiseal Charna is a ruined stone ringfort beside the Spanish Church, preserving a flat interior and a faint grassed wall on its southwest side. It sits in fair pasture above the Ballaghdoo valley, waiting for someone to notice the shape hidden beneath the grass.
Internal diam. c. 20.7m. Only faint traces on the SW half of an enclosure survive here. Slight remains of a grassed-over wall are visible in this area c. 1.65m wide. The interior is flat. The site is located in fair pasture on the E flank of the valley of the Ballaghdoo river.
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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- What survives
- Recorded monument
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