Rossnowlagh Upper Enclosure, County Donegal

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What is recorded here

Marked as a semicircular feature on the 3rd edition of the OS 6-inch map, there is now no trace of the site. It was located on rough ground overlooking Rossnowlagh Beach. 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).

From the National Monuments Service (Archaeological Survey of Ireland) record DG103-020

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