The site centres around a modern rectangular graveyard measuring 22 metres north to south and 20.5 metres east to west, but it's the surrounding structures that hint at its ancient sacred significance. Just north of the cemetery, visitors will find a smaller sub-rectangular enclosure, roughly 12 by 10.4 metres, surrounded...
Structure, Dunnarealt Island, Co. Donegal
Known locally as 'The Fort', this ancient defensive site occupies the entire island, transforming what nature provided into a formidable stronghold. The fortification consists of a natural rock platform ingeniously incorporated into a defensive design, with a collapsed stone wall that weaves around and through the rocky outcrops. Where gaps...
Structure, An An Mhullaigh, Co. Donegal
Built against the steep face of a rocky knoll, the shelter consists of an upright stone slab measuring 2 metres long, 0.4 metres thick and 1.6 metres high, positioned 1.5 metres east of and parallel to the knoll's base. This vertical stone supports the eastern edge of a sloping roof...
House – 17th century, Fortstewart, Co. Donegal
Built by Sir William Stewart after he received a grant of 1,000 acres in 1610, this defensive structure was completed by 1611 as a formidable bawn; a fortified enclosure typical of the Ulster Plantation period. Contemporary records describe it as being constructed of lime and stone with two flankers, one...
Structure, An Machaire Beag, Fathain, Co. Donegal
Back in 1939, researchers Davies and Swan believed they'd found the remains of Fahan Castle in a field near Castletown Cottage, spotting what appeared to be foundations visible through growing corn. However, the true location of this medieval stronghold remains elusive, with no definitive traces surviving above ground today. Later...