Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Ringfort - cashel
Highglen, County Donegal, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Highglen
- County
- Donegal
- Country
- Ireland
- First-edition OS map
- NULL
- Latest-edition OS map
- NULL
- Coordinates
- 55.11279, -7.78358
- SMR number
- DG027-029----
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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
Internal diam. 14.5m NW-SE, 17m NE-SW
An oval area enclosed by heather-covered, and in part bog-covered, stone wall. The wall is only occa-sionally visible but seems to be built of massive stone blocks. It is c. 2.05m wide and from .5m to 1m in height. A 2.15m gap to the SE is possibly the original entrance. A partly collapsed stone wall runs N-S across the site dividing it into an E 1/3 and a W 2/3. The wall is .8m wide and 0.5m high. The site is located on a W-facing slope in poor boggy land with some rock outcrop.
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
- Megalithic tomb - wedge tombunder 1 mi
- Megalithic tomb - unclassified1 mi
- Ringfort - cashel1 mi
- Megalithic tomb - unclassified2 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.