Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Enclosure
Red Island, County Donegal, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Red Island
- County
- Donegal
- Country
- Ireland
- First-edition OS map
- Fort
- Latest-edition OS map
- Not indicated
- Coordinates
- 55.14236, -7.88495
- SMR number
- DG026-047----
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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
Located at the N end of Red Island in the Faymore River estuary.
This monument is shown on the 1838 OS 6-inch map as a rectangular enclosure (25-30m NE-SW; 20m NW-SE), named ‘Fort’ . It is not shown on later map editions, and is not visible in current aerial mapping.
Compiled by: Jane O’Shaughnessy
Date of upload: 23 April 2019
Nearby in the register
- Ringfort - unclassifiedunder 1 mi
- Graveslab (present location)under 1 mi
- Castle - tower houseunder 1 mi
- Bawnunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.