What is recorded here

No wall, ditch or stone still marks the Garshooey fort, though an old survey named it and local memory keeps returning it to life. It may have stood on a small hillock in good land, simple enough to build and strong enough to hold a household through rain and rivalry. Its disappearance is not a failure of imagination but a reminder that ordinary places can vanish without ceremony.

No trace of the single-ringed circular 'Fort' marked on the 1st edition of the OS 6-inch map survives above ground. It was possibly situated on a small hillock on gently sloping 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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