What is recorded here

Under the collapsed wall at Málainn Mhóir, a hidden passage may still breathe. The cashel stands on a poor ridge above Malin More, its stones swallowed by peat and heather. Limpets and periwinkles mark old hands in the soil, while the missing tunnel remains a local story rather than a proven fact.

An almost circular area (DG089-009001-) enclosed by a totally collapsed stone wall, internal diameter 14m and external diameter 29.6m. A layer of limpets and periwinkles in a peat/charcoal soil can be seen under the wall in the ESE. In the NE quadrant the wall has been encroached upon by a covering of peat and heather. There is a tradition of a Man-made underground passage in or near this cashel but this could not be substantiated. The site is located on an ESE-WNW ridge of poor land over-looking Malin More valley. 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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