Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Ringfort - unclassified
Baile Na Bó, County Donegal, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Baile Na Bó
- County
- Donegal
- Country
- Ireland
- First-edition OS map
- Fort
- Latest-edition OS map
- Not indicated
- Coordinates
- 55.15529, -8.05311
- SMR number
- DG025-019----
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
There is no trace of the single-ringed 'Fort' shown here on the 1st and 2nd editions of the OS 6-inch maps as a circular enclosure (diam. c. 20m). It was situated on high ground with rough pasture and was likely to have been stone-built.
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 revised upload: 15 April 2016
Nearby in the register
- Ringfort - unclassifiedunder 1 mi
- Ringfort - cashelunder 1 mi
- Megalithic tomb - portal tombunder 1 mi
- Megalithic tomb - court tombunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.