What is recorded here
Mortons and Poyntzlings clashed repeatedly near Lissacholly, marking the area as a contested borderland rather than a quiet rural exception.
Internal diam. 18m. A subcircular area enclosed by an earthen bank, a wide fosse and an outer bank which survives to a height of 2.5m. There is a possible entrance in the SE quadrant. The site is heavily overgrown. It is situated on elevated good land.
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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- What survives
- Recorded monument
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