Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Ringfort - rath
Glackadrumman, County Donegal, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Glackadrumman
- County
- Donegal
- Country
- Ireland
- First-edition OS map
- NULL
- Latest-edition OS map
- NULL
- Coordinates
- 55.27972, -7.13773
- SMR number
- DG005-020----
Slide toward Today to fade the historical sheet and see the modern map underneath.
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Shown on 4 historical map sheets, the earliest the 1841 "Scotland (Southern part). XIII" (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries).
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The National Monuments Service's description
Internal diam. 38.5m. Previously unmarked on the OS 6-inch maps the site consists of a flat, circular area enclosed by the remains of a fosse c. 2m wide and 0.3m deep which survives only on the NW, N and E sectors. It is situated W of the flat-topped summit of Bishop's Hill with wide views in all directions.
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
- Ritual site - holy wellunder 1 mi
- Hut siteunder 1 mi
- Cross-slabunder 1 mi
- Stone circleunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.