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
- 55.13940, -7.65607
- SMR number
- DG027-015----
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4 historical maps cover this location, the earliest the 1881 map "Ireland to Illustrate the Military Condition of the Country." (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries).
Historical maps covering this location
- 1881 · Ireland to Illustrate the Military Condition of the Country. (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
- 1891 · Ireland 16 (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
- 1900 · Ireland (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
- 1904 · Sheet 1. (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
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The National Monuments Service's description
Internal diam. c. 30m. Known as Lisnafealey, the site consists of a roughly circular area enclosed by a very ruined wall, the perimeter of which cannot be traced with certainty. A spread of stone c. 4m wide has been built up 1.6m high, sloping toward the interior on the W side on the line of the cashel wall. There is also a modern facing of stones on the N exterior. There is a modern 5m wide gap on the SW side. A 3m wide gap to the N seems to be modern also. The interior is much disturbed and has been used as a dumping ground. It is said that there was a spring on the NW side but it has been filled in. Also in the NW corner is a series of lines of stones which seem to be the remains of a 'wall chamber roofed with horizontal flags' noted by Kinahan (1889, 278). The site is located on a S-facing slope overlooking Mulroy Bay. There is fair pasture in the area.
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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