Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Cairn - unclassified
Toraigh, County Donegal, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Toraigh
- County
- Donegal
- Country
- Ireland
- Coordinates
- 55.26324, -8.21933
- SMR number
- DG006-003----
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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
This cairn is marked on the 2nd and 3rd editions of the OS 6-inch maps. A cross was marked here on the OS 1st edition map (surveyed 1834). The cairn consists of a low subcircular mound 5m x 4m x 1m high. Many other similar mounds, some of definite modern origin, dot the island including several close by. There is no trace of any cross at this location.
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 this instance the entry (no. 1620) has been revised and updated.
Revised by: Paul Walsh
Date of upload: 13 March 2013
Nearby in the register
- Habitation siteunder 1 mi
- Cross - Tau crossunder 1 mi
- Crossunder 1 mi
- Graveyardunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.