Gortnatraw South Fairy Fort — Report the wrong picture

What is recorded here

That is the shape of the chamber you saw. The chamber is a small circular room, slightly oval, with a solid stone wall and a narrow door gap. An outer wall runs partway around one side, the floor slopes gently, and the room stands on a rise above open country. Your camera recorded the real chamber because the chamber is real. The fairy name is a local story about the same place.

Internal diam. 24m NW-SE, 21.5m NE-SW. An oval area enclosed by a largely rebuilt stone wall up to 1.5m high and from 1.5m to 3m wide. A 1.2m wide gap on the NE side has been blocked up in recent times. There is a stretch of outer wall c. 1.5m wide and c. 40m long on the W side from 2m to 5m outside the inner wall. The interior slopes gently from N to S. The site is located on a slight rise in pasture land overlooking Mulroy Bay 250m to the W. 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

The monument record does not grant public access. Check the route and ask the landowner before entering private land.