Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Ringfort - cashel
Fawnmore (dunfanaghy Ed), County Donegal, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Fawnmore (dunfanaghy Ed)
- County
- Donegal
- Country
- Ireland
- First-edition OS map
- Cashelnagrossan Fort
- Latest-edition OS map
- Cashelnagrossan
- Coordinates
- 55.16147, -8.04078
- SMR number
- DG025-008----
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
Internal diam. c. 20m. The cashel wall is traceable from SSE to S and from SW to N and measured on the SW is 2.5m wide. From SW to N the outer face survives with but a few small gaps, and is built of large blocks surviving in places to two courses and c. 1m in height. The inner face is traceable only for a few short stretches on the SW. The interior is rough and uneven with rock outcrop occurring. Modern stone field walls cross the site which is on a platform of rock with good views. The land is suitable for grazing but wet and marked by rock outcrop.
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
- Fulacht fiaunder 1 mi
- Ringfort - cashelunder 1 mi
- Ringfort - cashelunder 1 mi
- Megalithic tomb - court tombunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.