What is recorded here

Half the fort is a cliff and half the fort is a wall, which means the builders took the edge of the world and added just enough stone to make a room. Fifteen metres across, set atop a drop in County Donegal, it is less a house than a claim: this far, no further. The fairy name may be mockery, wonder or warning, but the shape is plain. A person stood at that gap, looked down the rock and decided the view was worth keeping.

Internal Dimensions 15m E-W, 15m N-S. A D-shaped area defined on the W by a straight cliff edge and elsewhere by a ruined semicircular drystone wall c. 2.5m wide. A gap 2.25m to the E is the likely entrance. A modern field boundary adjoins the site on the E side. The site is located in a commanding position atop a sheer cliff edge in rough ground. 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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