Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Promontory fort - coastal
Linsfort, County Donegal, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Linsfort
- County
- Donegal
- Country
- Ireland
- Coordinates
- 55.17128, -7.50762
- SMR number
- DG018-031----
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
A subrectangular promontory 18.5m E-W is enclosed by an earthen bank containing some stone and cut off from the mainland by a steep drop. It is approached from the SE by an artificially constructed causeway c. 2m wide dropping 2m on the SW side and 4m on the SE side. It is located on a small promontory 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
- Promontory fort - coastalunder 1 mi
- Cairn - unclassifiedunder 1 mi
- House - indeterminate dateunder 1 mi
- Ringfort - unclassifiedunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.