Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Ringfort - rath
Whitecastle, County Donegal, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Whitecastle
- County
- Donegal
- Country
- Ireland
- First-edition OS map
- NULL
- Latest-edition OS map
- NULL
- Coordinates
- 55.14199, -7.17703
- SMR number
- DG031-006----
Slide toward Today to fade the historical sheet and see the modern map underneath.
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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. 25m. A subcircular area, enclosed by an earthen bank with several breaks but no definite original entrance. The internal height varies from .75m to 1.5m. On the NW side there is a faint trace of an outer bank, on the E side, however, a fosse and outer bank are still in situ. Situated on slightly sloping ground, overlooking Lough Foyle to the SE, higher ground to NW, in good cultivated 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
- Castle - unclassifiedunder 1 mi
- House - 18th/19th centuryunder 1 mi
- Moundunder 1 mi
- Standing stoneunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.