Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Cairn - unclassified
Culoort, County Donegal, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Culoort
- County
- Donegal
- Country
- Ireland
- Coordinates
- 55.33847, -7.33582
- SMR number
- DG002-007----
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Shown on 4 historical map sheets, the earliest the 1841 "Ireland." (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries).
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The National Monuments Service's description
A subcircular cairn, of small angular stones, c. 9.9m in diameter and.75m high. A rectangular pit has been dug into the cairn with the cleared stones heaped up to the NE giving the mound a peculiar profile. It may be simply the remains of a trigonometrical station. It is situated on the summit of Sheemore in rough boggy terrain.
The above description was derived from the 'Archaeological Survey of County Donegal. A description of the field antiquities of the County from the Mesolithic Period to the 17th century.' Compiled by: Brian Lacey with Eamon Cody, Claire Cotter, Judy Cuppage, Noel Dunne, Vincent Hurley, Celie O'Rahilly, Paul Walsh and Seán Ó Nualláin (Lifford: Donegal County Council, 1983). In certain instances the entries have been revised and updated.
Date of upload: 22 September 2008
Nearby in the register
- Enclosureunder 1 mi
- Promontory fort - coastalunder 1 mi
- Burial groundunder 1 mi
- Graveyard1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.