Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Ringfort - cashel
Woodquarter, County Donegal, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Woodquarter
- County
- Donegal
- Country
- Ireland
- First-edition OS map
- Not indicated
- Latest-edition OS map
- Not indicated
- Coordinates
- 55.11717, -7.70470
- SMR number
- DG027-026----
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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
Kinahan (1889, 278) recorded the 'ruin of a cashel' having a small diameter with a lofty wall at a place called 'Doongonmoyle'. Neither the place nor the cashel could be traced. Nearby, however, at a place called Doongonigle, the narrowest portion of a promontory is cut by an apparently natural arrangement which suggests a bank and fosse. This is a heavily wooded area on the shore of Mulroy Bay.
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
References
Kinahan, G.H. 1889 Additional list of megalithic and other ancient structures, barony of Kilmacrenan, County Donegal. Journal of the Royal Society of Antiquaries of Ireland 19, 277-86.
Nearby in the register
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.