Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Ringfort - rath
Maigh Ráithe, County Donegal, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Maigh Ráithe
- County
- Donegal
- Country
- Ireland
- First-edition OS map
- Fort
- Latest-edition OS map
- Hachured
- Coordinates
- 55.13592, -8.07430
- SMR number
- DG025-034----
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. 27m. An oval area originally enclosed by an earthen bank and an outer fosse which only survives along the NW sector. The bank which is .6m in height has been removed along the N. The fosse is c. 3m wide and 0.6m deep below ground surface. Some stones along the outer face on the E seem to have been part of a revetment to raise the site on this its low side. It is situated on the E edge of the steep Ray river valley c. 10m to the W. The land is fair to wettish grazing.
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
- Burial moundunder 1 mi
- Megalithic tomb - court 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.