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Claggan Stone Ringfort

Fairy fort / stone ringfort
Claggan Stone Ringfort
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Internal diam. 20m. A circular area enclosed by a collapsed stone wall. The inner face survives to the N for 3m up to .8m in height. An entrance marked by two stones 1.17m apart, set transversely to the wall exists on the E side. There are a number of shapeless features and loose stone in the interior. It is situated on a low rise in rough pasture sloping down 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
A local fairy fort (ringfort/rath); wider significance not recorded.

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