Fairy fort / stone ringfort in Machaire Dromann (tc Fánaid Thuaidh) — Report the wrong picture

What is recorded here

No one knows when the stones first stood or who stacked them, but the ring still holds its shape on the rock outcrop above the river. The wall has lost most of its height to centuries of taking, yet what remains encloses a mound that defies easy explanation. Perhaps the fairies built it, or perhaps people did and forgot. The marsh keeps the answer beneath its water while the stones wait for someone to ask the right question.

A subcircular area enclosed by the much robbed remains of a stone wall which survives to a height of c. 0.7m. There is a mound (DG011-051002-) in the centre which is difficult to interpret as being either natural or artificial. It is situated on a rock outcrop in marshy land 20m S of a river. 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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