What is recorded here

Doon Glebe holds a broken ringfort where a wet ditch still circles a flat grass platform. A large oval stone lies half-buried near the middle, pointing north and south like a forgotten marker. The earth has taken the walls back, but the shape remains, wide enough for life and quiet enough to keep it.

Internal diam. c. 55m. An almost circular platform enclosed for most of its circumference by a low field bank and entirely surrounded by a wet ditch. A large number of stones can be seen in the ditch and along the edges of the platform. The site would appear to be a destroyed ringfort. There are possible indications of a double or stepped bank inside the ditch on the S side. Just NE of the centre of the platform is a recumbent oval stone (1.8m × 1.15m) rising 10 to 20 cms above the ground in which it is partially buried. Its long axis runs N-S. There is a report (NMI) of a 'bullaun cut in a rounded block of granite' (DG060-003002-) at the SW of this ringfort but this was not observed on this occasion. The site is located on the S side of Glendoon Hill with extensive views. The land is good if a little wet. 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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