Ballymacool Stone Ringfort

Internal diam. c. 17m. A subcircular area now surrounded by a very, collapsed and overgrown stone wall. The estimated width of this wall is c. 1.3m. Two field boundaries now cross and meet inside the monument. It is situated just below the crest of a rise on land sloping steeply to the SE. 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.