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Kill Stone Ringfort

Fairy fort / stone ringfort
Kill Stone Ringfort
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What is recorded here

Internal diam. c. 18m N-S, c. 10m E-W. An oval area enclosed by a ruined stone wall up to .5m high and 1.5m wide. It has been removed on the N and W sides and modern field boundaries now run along this part' of the perimeter. About 10m outside the wall and on a lower level on the E and S sides there are slight traces of an outer wall. The siteis overgrown. It is located on a mound of rock falling steeply to the N and W but more gently to the S and E. 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
A local fairy fort (ringfort/rath); wider significance not recorded.

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