Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Burial ground
Dumhaigh Mhór, County Donegal, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Dumhaigh Mhór
- County
- Donegal
- Country
- Ireland
- First-edition OS map
- NULL
- Latest-edition OS map
- NULL
- Coordinates
- 55.22825, -7.75787
- SMR number
- DG008-016----
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 1881 "Ireland to Illustrate the Military Condition of the Country." (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries).
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The National Monuments Service's description
Marked as a 'graveyard' on the OS 6-inch maps, the site consists of an ill-defined area of rises and hollows and a scatter of stones set on edge in the ground. The stones cover an area in maximum extent of about 13m N-S and about 20m E-W. Some, and may be all, of these stones are grave-markers, but 5 of them, arranged intermittently along the southern limit of the stone scatter, may be the remains of a perimeter edge. The site is on a level stretch of sandy ground in an area marked by ridges of rock outcrop. There is grazing available today.
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
- Ringfort - cashelunder 1 mi
- Ringfort - unclassifiedunder 1 mi
- Promontory fort - coastalunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.