What is recorded here

Fairy forts are no joke. They are brutal and dangerous. This is one. A fifteen-metre circle of earth stands one metre above the field, perched near a thirty-metre drop to the River Finn. The bank is broken now, but the shape remains clear: a made place, not a random heap. Eight metres away lies a rock-surrounded hollow that may have been an underground passage. Whether people lived there, hid there, or simply marked the edge of the land is no longer certain. What is certain is that the ground was shaped on purpose, and the view still stretches wide below.

Internal diam. 15m. A circular platform 1m above the field surrounded by a much damaged earthen bank. The interior is overgrown but apparently level. 8m NE is a rock-surrounded hollow possibly evidence of a Man-made underground passage (DG068-02002-). It is situated in very good land near the edge of a sheer 30m drop to the River Finn with wide views. 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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