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Fairy fort / stone ringfort in Mín An Fháil

Fairy fort / stone ringfort

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Half drowned in Lough Anna, the stone ring keeps its shape beneath the surface. The wall still rises one metre above the water, broad enough to bar a cart or a child, while a southern gap invites entry into the middle dark. People called it a fairy fort because the lake owns it now, but the clean line of the stones suggests human hands built it before the water climbed.
Internal diam. c. 36m. A natural island in Lough Anna is partially submerged. It appears to have been enclosed by a stone wall which now survives 1.3m above water level and is 2.6m wide. To the S is an entrance gap 2.6m wide. 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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