Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Ringfort - rath
Cratlagh, County Donegal, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Cratlagh
- County
- Donegal
- Country
- Ireland
- First-edition OS map
- NULL
- Latest-edition OS map
- NULL
- Coordinates
- 55.09756, -7.72971
- SMR number
- DG036-004----
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. 13m N-S, 15m E-W. A subcircular area bounded by an earthen bank, .5m in height, and a fosse c. 1.5m wide and 0.5m deep. There is a slight suggestion of an outer bank in the NW quadrant. There are several gaps in the inner bank but one, 2.5m wide, to the E appears to have been the original entrance. A small oval feature 2m × 4m adjoining the inner side of the bank on W side is probably modern. The site is located on a level terrace in marshy land but good grazing is available nearby.
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
- Souterrainunder 1 mi
- Penal Mass stationunder 1 mi
- Megalithic tomb - unclassifiedunder 1 mi
- Children's burial groundunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.