Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Bastioned fort
Sliabh Phlochóige Agus Leadhb Reannach Thuaidh, County Donegal, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Sliabh Phlochóige Agus Leadhb Reannach Thuaidh
- County
- Donegal
- Country
- Ireland
- First-edition OS map
- Indicated
- Latest-edition OS map
- Indicated
- Coordinates
- 55.01146, -8.54596
- SMR number
- DG040-008----
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 1841 "Ireland." (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries).
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The National Monuments Service's description
The remains consist of a rectangular enclosure (c. 45m NW - SE by c. 40m NW-SW) defined by earthen banks with an external fosse having two bastions projecting from the NE and SE corners. A pole or mast, named 'Old Telegraph' on the 1st ed. OS 6-inch map (surveyed 1834), formerly stood at the centre of the enclosure. The precise date of this fortification is unknown. In form it could be of 16th/17th century date although the tradition of erecting this type of bastioned work continued into the 18th century and was used at enclosures surrounding the signal towers erected in the early years of the 19th century.
DG040-008----_01.jpg. Aerial view of the fortification (Bing).
Compiled by: Paul Walsh
Date of upload: 4 December 2014
Nearby in the register
- Midden3 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.