Fairy fort / stone ringfort in Clondallan — Report the wrong picture

What is recorded here

Clondallan holds an oval stone ring on a sharp ridge where the land falls away to the west and north. Its wall has broken into a low band of turf-grown stones, yet the shape still marks a place set above the valley and exposed to the sky. People may have lived there, watched the weather or kept animals in the southern grass. The stones no longer stand as a strong fence, but they still suggest a household that faced the danger and beauty of the open land.

Internal diam. c. 26m E-W, c. 19m N-S. A cashel, oval in plan. The wall is much disturbed and survives as a band of turf-grown loose stones not more than .5m in height and generally 1.5m wide. The outer face is visible for two short stretches, one on the SW and the other just S of E. A light turf cover virtually conceals the inner face. A gap 1m wide on the SW and another 1.5m wide on the NE are probably modern. The site is at the W end of a prominent E-W running ridge. There is a shallow fall to the S, but a steep drop to the W and very steep to the NW and N. There are good views to NE and W but a steep hill ridge overlooks the site to the S. There is good grazing to the S. 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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