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Inishfad Enclosure

Enclosure

What is recorded here

Internal diam. 26m. Shown as a single-ringed enclosure on the OS 6-inch maps the site now consists of an oval area isolated by a combination of natural slope and terracing on the N and W sides. It is situated on a peninsular ridge running S into Donegal Bay. 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 DG103-005

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  • National Inventory of Architectural Heritage
  • Thielfer, Wikimedia Commons · CC BY-SA 4.0
  • Kenneth Allen, Geograph · CC BY-SA 2.0
  • Dean Molyneaux, Geograph · CC BY-SA 2.0
  • Golfing in Ireland; photographer not stated, Source publisher
  • N Chadwick, Geograph · CC BY-SA 2.0
  • eireialcreations / Dronestagr.am; Eireial Creations watermark on photograph, www.dronestagr.am
  • louise price, Wikimedia Commons · CC BY-SA 2.0
  • louise price, Geograph · CC BY-SA 2.0
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  • Kay Atherton, Geograph · CC BY-SA 2.0
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