Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Ringfort - cashel
Oirear Dhumhaí Mór, County Donegal, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Oirear Dhumhaí Mór
- County
- Donegal
- Country
- Ireland
- First-edition OS map
- Fort
- Latest-edition OS map
- Not indicated
- Coordinates
- 55.16111, -8.06178
- SMR number
- DG025-002----
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
The 'Fort', which the 1st and 2nd editions of the OS 6-inch maps show as an oval enclosure (c. 20-25m E-W; c. 15m N-S), is not now visible. A modern, stone, field wall curves gently on the S which suggests it may follow the line of the 'Fort'. The site is on a level plain of light-soiled land, overlooking the sea to the N suggesting the likelihood of a stone enclosure.
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
- Ringfort - cashelunder 1 mi
- Cairn - unclassifiedunder 1 mi
- Burial groundunder 1 mi
- Penitential stationunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.