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Fairy fort / ringfort in Kilwarry

Fairy fort / ringfort

What is recorded here

No visible fort remains in Kilwarry, though old maps marked a ringfort on a small rise in good land. It vanished beneath grass, memory or time, leaving behind a name that sounds like fantasy. That is not nothing. The earth kept the shape long enough for people to draw it, believe it and forget it.
Marked on the 1st and 2nd editions of the OS 6-inch maps. No visible sign of the 'Fort' now survives. It was located on a small rise in undulating 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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