Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Ringfort - cashel
Bun Na Toinne, County Donegal, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Bun Na Toinne
- County
- Donegal
- Country
- Ireland
- First-edition OS map
- NULL
- Latest-edition OS map
- NULL
- Coordinates
- 55.17276, -7.57818
- SMR number
- DG018-020----
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
Only a short arc of a circular stone wall survives here to the N of a modern field boundary. The wall which is grass-grown is .4m in height, and from 3m to 4m wide. Remains of facing can be seen on the interior. The interior is slightly lower than the ground outside. The diameter (presuming an originally circular enclo-sure) was probably c. 15m. It is located on level grazing land overlooking Lough Swilly closeby to the E.
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
- Promontory fort - coastalunder 1 mi
- Burial groundunder 1 mi
- Ritual site - holy wellunder 1 mi
- Ringfort - cashelunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.