What is recorded here
Internal Diam 14.6m E-W, 11.3m N-S. A subcircular area enclosed by a collapsed stone wall, a modern square structure is built of robbed stones on the E side. At the SE corner the beginnings of a modern wall runs off the cashel. A gap of 2.7m to the W seems to have been the original entrance. Rock outcrop has been incorporated in places in the cashel wall. The site is located on a bench of an E-W ridge with sparse rough vegetations.
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.
The monument record does not grant public access. Check the route and ask the landowner before entering private land.
- What survives
- Recorded monument
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