
What is recorded here
Internal diam. c. 21m. A circular area enclosed by the remains of a stone wall, probably 2.5m to 3m wide originally. Two stones at right angles to the wall on the E may indicate the S side of the entrance. 10m N of the site two stones are set on edge alongside each other. The site is located on a rock platform surrounded by sandy pasture close to the seashore.
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 monument record does not grant public access. Check the route and ask the landowner before entering private land.
- What survives
- Recorded monument
Places near here
Magheragallan Old ChurchChurch · 360 yd
Magheragallan Church EnclosureEnclosure · 369 yd
Trá Dún MórBeach / strand · 1.1 mi
An tOileán CarrachIslet · 1.1 mi
Portarthur, DerrybegOfficial bathing water · 1.2 mi
Bunbeg Community Centrechurch/chapel · 1.3 mi
Main WallCliff · 2.3 mi
CarrickfinnOfficial bathing water · 3.0 miOther information
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