Former Cluain Tsalach Stone Ringfort — Report the wrong picture

What is recorded here

Cluain Tsalach was a stone ringfort on an east-facing slope above Mulroy Bay, now vanished from the ground but still named on old maps. It stood in poor, rocky soil where building meant fighting the landscape rather than shaping it. Whatever lived inside that circle did so exposed to sea wind and weather, making the fort less a home than a claim written in stone on the edge of Donegal.

The 1st and 2nd editions of the OS 6-inch maps indicate a 'Fort' here. It is now not visible. It stood on the E-facing slope overlooking Mulroy Bay in poor ground marked by much rock outcrop. Local geology suggests it was a stone enclosure. 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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