What is recorded here

Croaghan Fairy Fort is an earthen ringfort in County Donegal, Ireland. It holds a circular space eighteen metres across, bounded by a low bank and a narrow ditch. A causeway crosses the ditch on the northeast, while the interior slopes gently from west to east. The fort sits on a slight rise above wettish grassland not far from Mulroy Bay, preserving the shape of an old human home rather than a fictional fairy castle.

Internal diam. c. 18m. A circular area is enclosed by an earthen bank .36m high and an outer fosse c. 3.5m wide and 0.4m deep. There is a causeway c. 4m wide across the fosse on the NE. The interior slopes gently downwards from W to E. The site is on a slight rise on a low ridge running N-S, in low-lying wettish grassland about 450m E of the shore of Mulroy Bay. 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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