Menamny Southern Fairy Fort — Report the wrong picture

What is recorded here

Mystery and wonderment surround this ancient place. Local memory and visible remains both point to human activity long before modern records. The site preserves a small part of that wider story. What is missing has not disappeared without trace. It has scattered into landscape, memory and lost context.

Internal diam. 24.55m. A subcircular platform c. 0.8m above the surrounding ground. There is slight evidence for a perimeter bank on the W side and a heavy rush-growth around the platform might suggest a silted-up fosse. The interior is flat. The site is located on a SSE facing slope in fair to rough pasture. 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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