What is recorded here

Wall B still holds three set stones in a line, a ghost of its original slab facing, while loose clay buries the rest. Wall A breaks against rock outcrop as if the field itself refused to continue. Together they mark the edge of Fearann Mhic Giolla Bhríde, perhaps drawn around the court tomb rather than merely beside it.

Two sections of disused field walls to the N of Farranmacbride Court tomb (25). Wall A runs for 18m roughly NW and then turns to the W for a further 7.5m. It is discontinuous here and fades out on meet-ing a section of rock outcrop. Wall B emerges from under soft clay and continues for 39.5m in a generally NNE direction. A small section, 12.5m from the end, has a line of three set stones, possibly suggesting that it was originally formed of slab facings with a core of loose stones. Both walls are now composed of small loose stones and survive to a height of c. 0.5m. Wall A is presently c. 0.9m in width and wall B 1.15m. They are located in poor pasture on the N side of the Glencolumbkille valley. It is not possible to date them but they might well be associated with the adjacent Court-tomb. 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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