Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Burial mound
Maigh Ráithe, County Donegal, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Maigh Ráithe
- County
- Donegal
- Country
- Ireland
- Coordinates
- 55.14276, -8.07286
- SMR number
- DG025-049----
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
Identified by Caroline Carr of the Donegal County Museum (2007-). This huge, approx. rectangular earthwork is known locally as a burial mound. It is flat topped. It is not possible to say whether or not this is a (1) naturally-occurring feature, (2) upcast from a long forgotten drainage of the the Ray River in this area, which is located immediately to the W or a genuine antiquity. Alternatively it may be that it is either one of the first two options that was later used for burials.
Nearby in the register
- Bullaun stoneunder 1 mi
- Cross - High crossunder 1 mi
- Churchunder 1 mi
- Churchunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.