Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Ringfort - rath
Glennagiveny, County Donegal, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Glennagiveny
- County
- Donegal
- Country
- Ireland
- First-edition OS map
- NULL
- Latest-edition OS map
- NULL
- Coordinates
- 55.25230, -6.99681
- SMR number
- DG013-003001-
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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. c. 20m-30m. Originally a circular area enclosed by an earthen bank surviving up to 2m in height in a few places on the NW side, a fosse c. 0.5m deep and an outer bank, very little of which survives. It is situated on good land close to the cliff edge above Glennagiveny Bay. A small stone cross-slab (DG013-003002-) now in safe keeping in Moville is said to have been found on the NE side of the enclosure. The slab is .61m long × 0.15m to .08m wide. On the wider end of one face a wheeled Latin cross is carved in relief.
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
- Cross-slabunder 1 mi
- Children's burial groundunder 1 mi
- Megalithic tomb - court tomb2 mi
- Standing stone2 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.