What is recorded here
Half a mile west of Ballynaglack, a thin field fence still bows across the grass where Ganges Fort stood. The ringfort kept good land on a sharp western and southern cliff, giving its people wide views and a sudden deadly edge. Men may have fought there, watched weather come, or simply marked the boundary between home and the void.
Only a curving field fence and local tradition indicates the situation of 'Ganges' Fort'. It was situated on the edge of a sharp drop to the W and S in good land 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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- What survives
- Recorded monument
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