Cratlagh Earthen Ringfort — Report the wrong picture

What is recorded here

Cratlagh is a fairy fort in County Donegal, a shallow earthen circle barely half a metre high on a marshy terrace. Its eastern gap remains the clearest entrance, while the rest has softened into grass and rain. People may have lived there before forgetting the shape, or the land may have kept the circle for reasons it never explained.

Internal diam. 13m N-S, 15m E-W. A subcircular area bounded by an earthen bank, .5m in height, and a fosse c. 1.5m wide and 0.5m deep. There is a slight suggestion of an outer bank in the NW quadrant. There are several gaps in the inner bank but one, 2.5m wide, to the E appears to have been the original entrance. A small oval feature 2m × 4m adjoining the inner side of the bank on W side is probably modern. The site is located on a level terrace in marshy land but good grazing is available nearby. 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

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