Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Ringfort - cashel
Gortnatraw South, County Donegal, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Gortnatraw South
- County
- Donegal
- Country
- Ireland
- First-edition OS map
- NULL
- Latest-edition OS map
- NULL
- Coordinates
- 55.14265, -7.65869
- SMR number
- DG027-010----
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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
A low platform of rock c. 25m across on which there is a good deal of collapsed stone is all that remains of the single-ringed enclosure shown on the 2nd and 3rd editions of the OS 6-inch maps. A number of field boundaries cross the site which is partly overgrown with bushes. The site is located on wettish 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
- Cistunder 1 mi
- Ringfort - cashelunder 1 mi
- Ringfort - cashelunder 1 mi
- Ringfort - rathunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.