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Fairy fort / ringfort in Tievebrack (cloghard Ed)

Fairy fort / ringfort

What is recorded here

No visible fort remains in Tievebrack, though grass and soil still hide a twenty to twenty-five metre ring on a slight rise above good pasture. The land may have worn the stone away or people may have stopped remembering the shape because it stopped being useful. In either case the fort became a field, and the field became a story about a fort that vanished.
There is little trace of the single-ringed circular 'Fort' marked on the 1st edition of the OS 6-inch map. An indication in the growth would suggest a diameter of 20-25m. It was situated in gently rolling good pasture on a slight rise. 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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