Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Promontory fort - coastal
Glebe (desertegny Ed), County Donegal, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Glebe (desertegny Ed)
- County
- Donegal
- Country
- Ireland
- Coordinates
- 55.18518, -7.52071
- SMR number
- DG018-022----
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
This site is now inaccessible from the mainland by a chasm. It is marked as an enclosure on the 3rd edition of the OS 6-inch map and is in a similar location to a small promontory fort nearby (DG081-010-). It is situated on the E shore of Lough Swilly.
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
- Rock artunder 1 mi
- Castle - unclassifiedunder 1 mi
- Souterrainunder 1 mi
- Ringfort - rathunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.