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School: St Garvan's, Rathmullen

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Rathmullan, Co. Donegal
Teacher:
Séamus P. Mac Eiteagáin
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 1089, Page 183

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    on it, dating back as far as 1825.
    There are four or five little houses beside. There is also a look-out house and a Magazine and three lavatories. The Magazine was used for holding 106 barrels of gun powder as it was written on the door.
    In the inside of the fort there is a narrow, winding, stone stair, leading to a bottom flour in which there is a tank full of water with a pump for pumping up water for the use of the soldiers.
    There is another stair leading to the top
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    Transcribed by a member of our volunteer transcription project.
    History Edit
    Topics
    1. place-space-environment
      1. legendary and spiritual places (~158)
        1. fairy forts (~5,616)
    Language
    English
    Location
    Macamish Point, Co. Donegal
    Collector
    Kathleen O' Hanlon
    Gender
    Female
    Address
    Saltpans, Co. Donegal
    Informant
    Mrs Edward O' Hanlon
    Relation
    Parent
    Gender
    Female
    Address
    Saltpans, Co. Donegal