Fairy fort / stone ringfort in Adderville — Report the wrong picture

What is recorded here

Death and mystery surround the area. The fort stands fifty metres wide, its curved stone wall marking a boundary where human life and fairy belief still tangle. Children may have been buried nearby, their small bodies given to the earth while adults watched or waited. The stones do not explain themselves. They hold the shape of what was lost, and they invite you to keep it company.

Internal diam. 50m. A modern curving stone wall seems to reflect the single-ringed enclosure shown on the 2nd edition of the OS 6-inch map. A children's burial ground is reported to be in the vicinity and probably at this site (M.R. Calhoun). 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 monument record does not grant public access. Check the route and ask the landowner before entering private land.