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Grianan of Aileach

23/1/2016

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Grianan is located on a small hill about three miles outside of Derry~Londonderry.  It stands sentinel like over looking the city. The structure is a ‘cashel’ ie a stone ring fort. There are many examples of the  type along the west coast of Ireland  but this is one of the best.  The stone fort is in fact a product of the last  period of development at the  site, and if you stand on the battlements you  can just about make out the two  great lines of earthen embankments which  encircle the place and formed its  original defences.   The  structure is reputed to date to the Iron Age.  
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