Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Ringfort - unclassified
An Caiseal,gort Na Trá, County Donegal, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- An Caiseal,gort Na Trá
- County
- Donegal
- Country
- Ireland
- First-edition OS map
- NULL
- Latest-edition OS map
- NULL
- Coordinates
- 55.23325, -7.74657
- SMR number
- DG008-017----
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
Referred to as 'Cashel Fort' on the 3rd edition of the OS 6-inch map, no trace of the cashel wall is now visible. The site is an elevated knoll of rock the top of which is enclosed by a modern stone wall 30m N-S and 17m E-W sub-rectangular in plan. The interior is rough and uneven with rock outcrop and slopes downwards from S to N. The site is in an undulating landscape marked by ridges of rock and good grazing.
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
- Megalithic tomb - unclassifiedunder 1 mi
- Ritual site - holy wellunder 1 mi
- Promontory fort - coastalunder 1 mi
- Burial groundunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.