Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Ringfort - rath
Baile Chonaill, County Donegal, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Baile Chonaill
- County
- Donegal
- Country
- Ireland
- First-edition OS map
- Fort
- Latest-edition OS map
- Indicated
- Coordinates
- 55.15207, -8.08986
- SMR number
- DG025-014----
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. 30m N-S. A raised platform, level on top and about 1m in height. The SE half survives best where a raised perimeter ledge c. 0.5m in internal height is visible. On the NW a lane follows the curve of the site and encroaches on it. A number of buildings, some now ruined, are built against the platform. Sited on low-lying grazing land.
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
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- Stone sculptureunder 1 mi
- Graveyardunder 1 mi
- Cross - High crossunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.