Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Ringfort - rath
Croaghan (rosnakill Ed), County Donegal, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Croaghan (rosnakill Ed)
- County
- Donegal
- Country
- Ireland
- First-edition OS map
- NULL
- Latest-edition OS map
- NULL
- Coordinates
- 55.20612, -7.69246
- SMR number
- DG017-008----
Slide toward Today to fade the historical sheet and see the modern map underneath.
David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford LibrariesDavid Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford LibrariesDavid Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford LibrariesDavid Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries
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
Internal diam. c. 18m. A circular area is enclosed by an earthen bank .36m high and an outer fosse c. 3.5m wide and 0.4m deep. There is a causeway c. 4m wide across the fosse on the NE. The interior slopes gently downwards from W to E. The site is on a slight rise on a low ridge running N-S, in low-lying wettish grassland about 450m E of the shore of Mulroy Bay.
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
- Bullaun stoneunder 1 mi
- Ringfort - cashelunder 1 mi
- Enclosureunder 1 mi
- Cairn - unclassified1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.