Former Summerhill Enclosure, County Donegal

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What is recorded here

Marked on the 3rd edition of the OS 6-inch map as an arc of hachures suggesting the ENE to SSE quadrant of an enclosure. No trace of the site survives. It was located on the crest of an ENE-WSW orientated drumlin in fairly good pasture. 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 DG099-007

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