Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Ringfort - rath
Skerry, County Donegal, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Skerry
- County
- Donegal
- Country
- Ireland
- First-edition OS map
- NULL
- Latest-edition OS map
- NULL
- Coordinates
- 55.05224, -7.76368
- SMR number
- DG036-026----
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. c. 20m. A circular area enclosed by an earthen bank up to 1m in height and a fosse c. 2m wide. Part of the S area has been removed and replaced by a field boundary. The N part of the fosse has been deepened as a drain. A 2m gap in the bank to the NNW is due to modern destruction. A ruined field bank runs W from the perimeter on the NNW side. The site is located in a commanding position in good pasture 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
- Ringfort - rathunder 1 mi
- Enclosureunder 1 mi
- Ringfort - cashelunder 1 mi
- Ringfort - rath1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.