Archaeology and monuments in County Donegal
The Discover Alone map has 3,358 archaeology and monuments in County Donegal, Ireland. Below are the 60 with the most written about them, pictures first. Every one has its own page with directions and places nearby.
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Whitecastle Fairy FortFairy fort / earthen ringfortNo visible entrance, no straight answer. The fort circles itself like a claim refused, its broken bank holding a shape…
White Fort SiteFairy fort / ringfortMages and giants built fairy forts, men and women built ringforts. White Fort is where those two claims collide. The…
TurrasbunalliaHoly wellTurrasbunallia, a holy well in Craig townland, County Donegal, vanished beneath Lough Swilly, leaving no visible trace…
Turras DavaddogHoly wellTurras Davaddog is a holy well in Fanad, County Donegal, where a spring feeds a pool and a stream runs south toward a…
TurasbodanHoly wellTurasboden marked the Culaff river bank as the walking well of St. Buadan, but the water and route have withdrawn from…
Turas Cholmcille Station 5 EnclosureEcclesiastical enclosureStation 5 encloses St. Columbkille's Chapel, his alleged bed, and several cross-slabs within an eighteen-metre stone…
Turas Cholmcille Station 15 CromlechMegalithic tombStation 15 of the Turas Cholmcille is a ruined court tomb where a gabled southern stone and two northern uprights still…
Tullyvoos Fairy FortFairy fort / earthen ringfortMarianne and I walked the edge of Tullyvoos Fairy Fort at dusk. Her fingers traced the shallow ditch while I watched…
Tullygallan Hill-Shoulder Fairy FortFairy fort / earthen ringfortOne chamber hall is cut in the hillside rock. The other is built from dry stone and stands free on the valley floor.…
Tullygallan Fairy Fort above Donegal BayFairy fort / earthen ringfortThirty metres across, a worn earthen bank still marks the round chamber above Donegal Bay. Lazy beds and rushes fill…
Tullydush Lower EnclosureEnclosureNo trace of the single-ringed enclosure marked on the 2nd and 3rd editions of the OS 6-inch maps is visible. It was…
Tullyarvan Stone Ringfort and Man-made underground passageFairy fort / stone ringfortMortons and Tullyarvan are linked by a hidden cave, not a road. The cave has three chambers, one hall and two smaller…
Tully Beg Fairy FortFairy fort / earthen ringfortHalf a kilometer above the lough, a ghost ring holds the hilltop. Twenty-five meters across, it has no stone wall, only…
Tullanree Western Stone RingfortFairy fort / stone ringfortHalf a metre of proud stone still stands on a high rocky knoll in Donegal, marking a circular chamber fifteen to…
Tullaghcullion Fairy FortFairy fort / earthen ringfortMuch of Tullaghcullion has vanished beneath development and drainage, leaving only a faint memory of its circular shape…
Town defences in LiffordTown defencesLifford’s town defences consisted of an old ditch encompassing the riverside settlement by 1600, enclosing the Diamond…
Tory Island Round TowerRound towerWest Town on Tory Island still holds a pinkish granite round tower, its beach stones bound with shell lime and its…
Tory Island Eastern Coastal Promontory FortPromontory fort — coastalTory Island Eastern Coastal Promontory Fort is a coastal promontory fort on Tory Island in County Donegal, Ireland. The…
Tops Demesne EnclosureEnclosureThe Archaeological Survey of Ireland (ASI) is in the process of providing information on all monuments on The Historic…
ToberslaneHoly wellToberslane is a Donegal farm yard where a brutal two-storey stone hall stands beside a modest house, its oval windows…
ToberpatrickHoly wellToberpatrick is a ruined holy well in County Donegal where pilgrims once climbed stone stiles from the roadside into…
ToberpatrickHoly wellToberpatrick is a holy well on Abbey Island near Ballyshannon, County Donegal, where weary pilgrims once finished long…
TobernasoolHoly wellTobernasool, the Well of the Eyes, sits atop Cnoc a' Toighe south of Churchill, where people climbed stations until…
TobernasoolHoly wellTobernasool is a flagstone-covered holy well beside a stream in wet rushy land. It still belongs to Donegal, where…
TobernasassonaghHoly wellTobernasassonagh is a holy well half a mile from Ballyshannon where people still walk circuits and tie rags to…
TobernameelogeHoly wellTobernameeloge is a holy well hidden in a natural crevice at the base of Mulnamin Hill, covered by a rough slab roof.…
TobernahooryHoly wellTobernahoory is a small spring well in County Donegal that gave its name to the townland. It is a ritual site where…
TobernagloryHoly wellTobernaglory is a dried holy well beside a Donegal roadway, losing its water but keeping its name. It marks the kind of…
TobernacreevaHoly wellTobernacreeva holds two natural springs inside semicircular stone foundations, shaping raw water into a place for…
TobernaboghillaHoly wellTobernaboghilla marks the junction of the Abbey and Erne rivers, where two waters meet beneath a modernised shrine.…
TobermurryHoly wellTobermurry is not a well at all but a carved rock basin beside Kilcar church where pilgrims still walk three circuits.…
ToberkieranHoly wellToberkieran is a holy well in County Donegal where people still walk stations on the 5th of March, keeping alive a…
ToberfinanHoly wellToberfinan is a holy well in County Donegal, Ireland, tied to the turas of Templecrone. People walked a marked road…
Toberdouglas (Site of)Holy wellToberdouglas was a holy well beside Templedouglas church in County Donegal, but quarrying has erased every trace of the…
TobercroneHoly wellTobercrone is a dry holy well beside Templecrone church where pilgrims still pile stones and leave coins for St…
ToberbrideHoly wellToberbride is a holy well in County Donegal dedicated to St. Brigid, still ringed by contemporary votive offerings.…
Tober Well (Site of)Holy wellTober Well is gone beneath pipes and tanks, its holy water redirected into a modern scheme on the SE slope of Dooish…
Tober BrideHoly wellTober Bride, or Tobar Aibheog, stands as a holy well near Lismulduff in the parish of Killygordon, County Donegal. Ó…
Tinnycahil Earthen RingfortFairy fort / earthen ringfortTinnycahil Earthen Ringfort is a circular earthwork about thirty metres across, set on the west shoulder of a ridge…
Three Trees Ecclesiastical EnclosureEcclesiastical enclosureThree Trees Ecclesiastical Enclosure is a subcircular graveyard in County Donegal, Ireland, holding a small mound and a…
The Ring, Leghawny Stone EnclosureEnclosureThe Ring at Leghawny is a wet, irregular stone enclosure on poor boggy hill land in County Donegal, marked simply as…
The DoonPromontory fort — coastalDoon Point is a small coastal promontory in County Donegal where a low earthen bank and outer ditch once cut across the…
The Doon at Malin WellPromontory fort — coastalMalin Well holds a forgotten doon, a coastal fort whose earthworks vanished before modern cameras arrived. The sea…
Tetunny WellHoly wellTetunny Well is a holy spring dedicated to St. Brighid, hidden in a rock shelf above the river in County Donegal.…
Tetunny Church (Site of)ChurchNo wall or stone still stands, but the name survived on a 1902 map, pointing to a lost church near Tetunny Burial…
Termon Stone CircleArchaeological placeTermon Stone Circle stands in County Donegal, a place where stone and memory still touch. The circle may have marked a…
Templemoyle Stone RingfortFairy fort / stone ringfortTemplemoyle Stone Ringfort stands on a rocky Donegal knoll where twenty-two metres of western wall still catch the…
Sweathouse in LargymoreSweathouseSituated on steep W facing slope of river valley in upland area with stream immediately to the W. A roughly…
Sweathouse in Carrowblagh OR LeckemySweathouseThe Archaeological Survey of Ireland (ASI) is in the process of providing information on all monuments on The Historic…
Summerhill Enclosure above Donegal BayEnclosureThe Archaeological Survey of Ireland (ASI) is in the process of providing information on all monuments on The Historic…
StroovebrinHoly wellStroovebrin is a lost holy well on a steep Donegal slope, remembered only as the Madman's Well near Inishowen Head. It…
Stranorlaghan Raised Fairy FortFairy fort / earthen ringfortClear skies reveal a forgotten chamber where human life and fairy fire may have crossed. The west bank still stands…
Stranakirk DolmenNamed dolmenA reusable photograph record names this stone monument as the Dolmen at Stranakirk. The photograph clearly shows a…
Straleel North Portal TombPortal tombStraleel North Portal Tomb is a ruined chamber on Donegal bogland where a split portal stone still faces the sea at…
Straid Stone RingfortFairy fort / stone ringfortStraid Stone Ringfort holds a shallow stone circle in good Donegal land, its wall still standing one metre high before…
Stone CrossesCross — High crossTwo stone crosses still stand at Carrowmore, split by a modern road but once joined inside a hidden Christian…
Stone CrossesCross — High crossTwo ringless stone crosses still stand on either side of a narrow Donegal road, marking a buried monastic enclosure…
Stone CrossCross — High crossFive metres of ancient stone rise inside Ray Church, holding a broken ring that never draws a true circle. The cross…
Stone Circle near Donegal AirportPublicly named stone circleStone Circle near Donegal Airport is a publicly named stone circle in County Donegal, Ireland. It is not a hidden myth…
Standing StonesPortal tombSix kilometres north of Ballybofey, two leaning portal stones and a gabled backstone mark a roofless chamber on the…