What is recorded here
A badly damaged earthen-banked enclosure. An arc 12m long on the W side survives up to 1.5m high. There are slight traces of an external fosse and less definitely of an outer bank. The site comprises of a raised platform on the level flood plain of a river ·to which it drops steeply on its S side.
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
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- What survives
- Recorded monument
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