Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Ringfort - cashel
Caiseal Na Gcorr, County Donegal, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Caiseal Na Gcorr
- County
- Donegal
- Country
- Ireland
- First-edition OS map
- NULL
- Latest-edition OS map
- NULL
- Coordinates
- 55.09107, -8.13136
- SMR number
- DG033-002----
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
There is no sign of the 'Cashelnagor' marked on the 2nd and 3rd editions of the OS 6-inch maps. The site is a platform of rock around the edge of which runs a modern stone wall. This is locally regarded as 'a 'Fort'. The site is located on sloping pasture overlooking the Glenna River to the W.
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
- Ringfort - unclassifiedunder 1 mi
- Ringfort - cashel1 mi
- Ringfort - cashel1 mi
- Souterrain1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.