What is recorded here

St John's Point Cliff-Edge Stone Ringfort stands on a Donegal cliff edge, its low stone footings marking a circular chamber cut into the hill face above the Atlantic. Two upright stones still guard the entrance gap, while a recumbent stone beside them carries hollow marks that may be human-made or simply weather's patient carving. The sea has taken the wall's height but never the shape, leaving a ring exposed enough to see and incomplete enough to imagine.

Situated on a cliff edge overlooking the Atlantic Ocean to the SE with conjoined hut sites (DG097A018-) 30m to the NE. Present remains consist of a possible circular area defined by a series of low orthostats which are the footings of a dry stone wall which roughly defines a circular area (diam. 15.3m NE-SW; 13m NW-SE) that has been cut into the hill face overlooking the sea. Two upright orthostats (H 0.8m) at NNE appear to mark the original entrance gap (Wth 1.4m). A recumbent stone beside this entrance gap has several holes on the surface of the stone which appear to be the result of weathering although it is possible that they may be artificial and are similar to the cup marks on the recumbent stone (DG016-004005-) at Mevagh graveyard. Compiled by: Caimin O'Brien Date of Upload/Revision: 02 May 2010

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