Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Ringfort - cashel
Tulach, County Donegal, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Tulach
- County
- Donegal
- Country
- Ireland
- First-edition OS map
- NULL
- Latest-edition OS map
- NULL
- Coordinates
- 55.14826, -7.73754
- SMR number
- DG027-003----
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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
Marked 'Doonbane' on the 2nd and 3rd editions of the OS 6-inch map. The site consists of a D-shaped natural rock platform c. 20m E-W and c. 9m N-S enclosed by the last remains of a semi-circular stone wall originally 2.75m wide on the N side and a steep drop to the S. 10m outside the stone wall and 4m below it is a concentric bank of earth and stone 3m wide along either side of which is a fosse. The bank and fosses fade out on the S side of the mound. Two gaps in the bank seem to be modern. The site is in a commanding and defensive position at the SW edge of a hilly plateau in rough grazing 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
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