Cointe Cró Ploughed-Out Earthen Ringfort

Internal diam. 26m. A circular area enclosed by an almost ploughed-out earthen bank surviving up to c. 0.3m in height and an external fosse up to 2m in width. The SE sector has been divided off by a field boundary and the enclosed area is better preserved. There is extensive evidence of tillage over the rest of the site. It is located in an area of fairly good pasture on a low E-W ridge on the floor of Glencolumbkille valley. 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