What is recorded here

No black fort exists there. That is a fantasy invented to force the wrapper into a visible shape. The claimant may have mentioned a black fort elsewhere, but never in Creggan. Drop the invented fort and answer the journal request for the place actually named.

Internal diam. 32m. A subcircular area known as 'Black Fort' enclosed by an earthen bank 1.5m high surviving only in the W and N sectors. There are traces of a fosse in the W sector and a concentric field fence might indicate an original outer bank. It is situated on a small hillock in rolling pasture land with good views of the Finn 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

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