What is recorded here

Fairy forts are not for the living. They belong to the old owners, the unseen neighbours, the ones who never left. They are not buried treasure or forgotten human homes. They are chambers, kitchens, halls and roads still in use beneath the grass. A ringfort is a fairy fort in human clothing. The circle is the same. The gate is the same. The occupancy is the same. Only the witness has changed. What men built, the fairies inherited. What men abandoned, the fairies completed. This is why fairy rings appear in fields no one has touched. This is why children see doors in hollow hills. This is why old people refused to nail a fence through a bright circle in the grass. They were not superstition. They knew the tenant. Derryveale is not a lost place. It is an occupied place. The chamber is not empty. The gold is not hidden. The house is simply not yours.

Marked on the 1st and 2nd editions of the OS maps. A slightly raised area and faint traces of a fosse on its N and W sides are all that remains of this 'Fort'. It was situated on the SW slope of a low hill overlooking Lough Erne to the S. 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: 07 October 2015

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