Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Promontory fort - coastal
Ballynakilly (inch Ed), County Donegal, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Ballynakilly (inch Ed)
- County
- Donegal
- Country
- Ireland
- Coordinates
- 55.05764, -7.51473
- SMR number
- DG037-020----
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
Marked Doonalin on the 2nd and 3rd editions of the OS 6-inch maps. The site consists of a S facing promontory defined on the E by a natural drop c. 4m and on the W by a fosse 5m to 6m deep, a bank and an outer fosse. These features appear to have continued along the N or landward side also but they have been damaged by road building. It is situated on the S shore of Inch Island facing Mill Bay.
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
- Middenunder 1 mi
- Middenunder 1 mi
- Megalithic tomb - portal tombunder 1 mi
- Cistunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.