{"id":59,"date":"2010-09-18T15:48:43","date_gmt":"2010-09-18T15:48:43","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.donegalcottageholidays.com\/blog\/?p=59"},"modified":"2018-06-08T16:45:59","modified_gmt":"2018-06-08T16:45:59","slug":"burt","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.donegalcottageholidays.com\/blog\/burt\/","title":{"rendered":"Burt Donegal"},"content":{"rendered":"","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Burt  is located a few miles west of the historic Walled City of Derry and features an ancient ring fort. View holiday homes in the area at Inch Island and Fahan<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":3552,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"_et_pb_use_builder":"on","_et_pb_old_content":"[caption id=\"attachment_3552\" align=\"alignleft\" width=\"600\"]<img class=\"pinthis\" title=\"Burt Donegal\" src=\"http:\/\/www.donegalcottageholidays.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/09\/burt.jpg\" alt=\"Burt Donegal\" width=\"600\" height=\"300\" \/> Burt Donegal[\/caption]<p><strong>Burt Donegal<\/strong> - The villages of Burt and Bridgend are located in the fertile plain that stretches from Derry City and Lough Foyle to Inch Island and Lough Swilly. The <a title=\"Grianan of Aileach\" href=\"http:\/\/www.donegalcottageholidays.com\/blog\/grianan-of-aileach\/\">ancient ring fort of Aileach<\/a>, pictured above, perched on a rounded hilltop is testimony to the historic and strategic importance of this 'gateway' to Inishowen and Donegal.<\/p><ul><li><a title=\"Holiday homes in Burt\" href=\"http:\/\/www.donegalcottageholidays.com\/towns\/holiday-cottage-burt.php\">view holiday homes in Burt<\/a><\/li><li><a title=\"Burt Information\" href=\"http:\/\/www.donegalcottageholidays.com\/blog\/category\/burt\">more information about Burt<\/a><\/li><\/ul><p>The city of Derry, one of the longest continuously inhabited places in Ireland, lies a few miles to the east. The earliest historical references date to the sixth century when a monastery was founded there, but for thousands of years before that people had been living in the vicinity. 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