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Clonconwal Stone Ringfort

Fairy fort / stone ringfort

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Internal diam. 20m. A subcircular area enclosed by a collapsed stone wall. A modern field wall cuts the site on the W side. The site is located at the E end of a limestone ridge with gorse and rush vegetation. 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 DG074-006

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  • louise price, Wikimedia Commons · CC BY-SA 2.0
  • National Inventory of Architectural Heritage
  • Kenneth Allen, Wikimedia Commons · CC BY-SA 2.0
  • Bart Whelan, Geograph · CC BY-SA 2.0
  • Bart Whelan, Wikimedia Commons · CC BY-SA 2.0
  • Kenneth Allen, Geograph · Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 2.0
  • Kenneth Allen, Geograph · CC BY-SA 2.0
  • P L Chadwick, Geograph · CC BY-SA 2.0
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