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Fairy fort / stone ringfort in Twomilestone

Fairy fort / stone ringfort

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Fairy fort in Twomilestone is a collapsed stone ringfort twenty-two metres wide on the north end of Two Mile Stone ridge in County Donegal. Its broken wall still stands half a metre high along the east and south, while a gap marks the northwest entrance. People may have lived inside, excluded by the name now given to the circle. The stones remain level in pasture, waiting for someone to remember what the ring was built to keep out.
Internal Diam. 22m. A subcircular area enclosed by a collapsed stone wall surviving up to .5m in height. Part of the original facing survives along the E and S sections. There is a break in the wall to NW. The interior is level except for he collapsed stones. It is situated on pasture with rock outcrop on the N end of Two Mile Stone ridge. 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: 25 July 2016

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