Tullygallan Hill-Shoulder Fairy Fort — Report the wrong picture

What is recorded here

One chamber hall is cut in the hillside rock. The other is built from dry stone and stands free on the valley floor. The first chamber has a narrow entrance passage and a small side chamber. The main chamber is oval and about 4.5m long. The roof is made of large flat slabs. The second chamber has a wider entrance and a taller roof. Its main chamber is rectangular and about 5m long. It has no side chamber. The two chambers face each other across a narrow gap in the rock. The first chamber is older and was cut before the second was built. The second chamber was added later and is larger. The two chambers form one place even though they were made at different times. The first chamber is hidden inside the hill. The second chamber stands out in the open air. The first is small and dark. The second is tall and bright. The two chambers complete each other.

Internal diam. 28.5m. A circular area enclosed by an earthen bank. The builders seem to have raised the E side of the site to compensate for the hill-slope. The bank is more substantial on the E side also. A gap to the NE may indicate the entrance. The site is located on the shoulder of a hill where it falls away steeply to the E. The site is very close to (DG100-007-). 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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