Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Enclosure
Greenhill (dunfanaghy Ed), County Donegal, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Greenhill (dunfanaghy Ed)
- County
- Donegal
- Country
- Ireland
- First-edition OS map
- Fort
- Latest-edition OS map
- Hachured
- Coordinates
- 55.15752, -7.98982
- SMR number
- DG025-025----
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 1st edition of the OS 6-inch map records this 'Fort'. No trace of it is now visible. The site is a grassed-over, flat-topped, platform of rock, sub-circular on plan and measuring c. 20m N-S and c. 23m E-W. There are sharp falls to the N and E but lesser ones to the S and W. Sited in undulating pasture 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
- Megalithic tomb - unclassifiedunder 1 mi
- Cairn - unclassifiedunder 1 mi
- Crannogunder 1 mi
- Ringfort - cashelunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.