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Kill Stone Ringfort

Fairy fort / stone ringfort

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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).
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…

From the National Monuments Service (Archaeological Survey of Ireland) record DG015-025

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Pictures: National Inventory of Architectural Heritage; Ross, Wikimedia Commons · CC BY-SA 2.0; Kenneth Allen, Geograph · CC BY-SA 2.0; Rossographer, Wikimedia Commons · CC BY-SA 2.0; Rossographer, Geograph · CC BY-SA 2.0; Chris Gunns, Geograph · CC BY-SA 2.0; David Baird, Wikimedia Commons · CC BY-SA 2.0

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