Errigal Ringfort

Errigal Ringfort, situated in the south-west facing slope of a drumlin, overlooks the Annalee River to the south. The ringfort is defined by an inner earthen bank and flat-bottomed fosse and an outer bank, making Errigal a bivallate ringfort.

The entrance, 2m wide, to the ringfort was from the SSE. Errigal Ringfort has a diameter of 34m and slopes towards the south. The inner earthen bank encloses the ringfort is at its highest of 3.3m at the western side. Ringforts are found throughout the country and over 60,000 examples have been identified. They were typically built in the Early Medieval period, and were homesteads for families and animals.

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This national monument is protected in accordance with the National Monuments Acts 1930 to 2014