What is recorded here

Largagh Hill drops south into Donegal Bay, but its summit still holds a broken ring: twenty-six metres across, banked in earth, scarred by a narrow ditch, and opened in two places by modern hands. People called it a fairy fort, perhaps because storms and planting had made the old shape strange again. If it was a home, a shrine or a boundary marker, that meaning has blurred. The chamber remains visible only in the way the grass resists the slope, holding its circle against the wind.

Internal diam. 26.5m. A subcircular area enclosed by an earthen bank surviving up to .8m in height and by an external fosse c. 1.5m wide. Two gaps, in the NE and S quadrants, appear to be modern. The site was heavily planted in the 19th century and probably levelled at that time also. It was severely damaged by storms in more recent times. It is located on the summit of Largagh Hill, with a steep S slope and commands excellent views of Donegal Bay. 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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