What is recorded here

No visible trace remains of the Carrowkeel Fairy Fort, yet local memory keeps it alive on rising pasture land above Mulroy Bay. The absence does not diminish the place; it sharpens the picture of a small fort caught between human history and fairy belief. People may have lived there, fled from it or simply refused to walk through it after dark.

There is now no trace of the site marked “Fort” on the 1st edition of the OS 6-inch map. It stood on rising ground in pasture land overlooking Mulroy Bay a short distance to the W. 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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