
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.
The official description records surviving remains. Its missing or destroyed wording refers only to one part of this place or to a different nearby feature. The monument record does not grant public access. Check the route and ask the landowner before entering private land.
- What survives
- Visible or partial remains survive
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