What is recorded here
The 1st and 2nd editions of the OS 6-inch maps show this single-ringed 'Fort' to the E of 'Killynure Castle' site. A modern house of that name now occupies the area. R. Hunter (per. comm.) identifies this 'castle' as the plantation house erected by Wilson prior to 1622 (Treadwell 1953-4, 516) and said to have been…
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From the National Monuments Service (Archaeological Survey of Ireland) record DG069-022001
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- Maker not stated on source page, commons.wikimedia.org
- National Inventory of Architectural Heritage
- Gabrielle Gallagher, via St Mary’s Convoy club pictures on Donegal Daily, www.donegaldaily.com
- Maker not stated on source page, ru.pinterest.com
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