Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Ringfort - cashel
Craig (creeslough Ed), County Donegal, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Craig (creeslough Ed)
- County
- Donegal
- Country
- Ireland
- First-edition OS map
- NULL
- Latest-edition OS map
- NULL
- Coordinates
- 55.10511, -7.92378
- SMR number
- DG035-002----
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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. c. 20m. Marked 'Altar Fort' on the 2nd and 3rd editions of the OS 6-inch maps. The site consists of a circular space enclosed by a ruined stone wall which survives best on the W side. It was originally from .85m to 1m in width. There are a few stones in the interior but they form no clear pattern. The name of the site possibly derives from its use in Penal times. The site is located on the S-facing slope of an E-W ridge in light-soiled pasture 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
- Ringfort - cashelunder 1 mi
- Children's burial groundunder 1 mi
- Burialunder 1 mi
- Enclosureunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.