What is recorded here
There is no sign of the single-ringed 'Fort' shown on the 1st and 2nd editions of the OS 6-inch maps. It was situated on good but exposed land. 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).
From the National Monuments Service (Archaeological Survey of Ireland) record DG106-002
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- Kay Atherton, Geograph · Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 2.0
- louise price, Wikimedia Commons · CC BY-SA 2.0
- National Inventory of Architectural Heritage
- Jonathan Wilkins, Geograph · CC BY-SA 2.0
- Jonathan Wilkins, Wikimedia Commons · CC BY-SA 2.0
- Dean Molyneaux, Geograph · CC BY-SA 2.0
- Kenneth Allen, Wikimedia Commons · CC BY-SA 2.0
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