Enclosure in Cavanaweery, County Donegal

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What is recorded here

There is no sign of the single-ringed enclosure shown on the 2nd edition of the OS 6-inch map. It was situated on a small knoll 25m to 30m in diameter in good pasture overlooking the River Finn. 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 DG079-033

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