What is recorded here
Yes. Fifteen feet across, half buried in bog and heather, the ring still marks a boundary though no angle remains to show where the wall stood. People may have lived inside, excluded rain or simply drawn a line around a place they loved. The fairies never entered because the circle refused them. What is forbidden there is not death but forgetfulness.
Internal diam. 18m. A circular area enclosed by a collapsed, heather-grown stone wall. A small portion on the W is perceptible only as a raised arc. Rushes growing against the wall especially on the W might indicate a fosse. The interior is level and featureless. It is situated on open level wet bogland.
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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- What survives
- Recorded monument
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