What is recorded here

Fairy fort / earthen ringfort in Tullyhorky is a 20.5m subcircular enclosure on marshy ground beside the Two mile river in County Donegal. Its earthen bank still stands except where the NE sector has been lost, while swamp may have erased any surrounding ditch. The name suggests people once imagined fairies living there, but the shape and setting point to a human-made rath built to control land, water and memory.

Internal diam. 20.5m. A subcircular area enclosed by an earthen bank except where it has been removed in the NE sector. There is no trace of a fosse but the surrounding swampy land could have obliterated one. There is a mound of earth and stone set internally against the bank in the N sector which is possibly modern. It is situated on low, marshy ground in the flood plain S of the Two mile river with land rising to the N and S. 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

The official description records surviving remains. Its missing or destroyed wording refers only to one part of this place or to a different nearby feature. The monument record does not grant public access. Check the route and ask the landowner before entering private land.