Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Burial ground
Cottian, County Donegal, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Cottian
- County
- Donegal
- Country
- Ireland
- First-edition OS map
- NULL
- Latest-edition OS map
- NULL
- Coordinates
- 55.01569, -7.80317
- SMR number
- DG044-019----
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 as a 'Burial Ground' on the 2nd and 3rd editions of the OS 6-inch maps. An almost totally grassed-over flattish mound of stones, which is about .3m in height on the N and about lm in height on the S or downhill side. A slightly raised perimeter in places suggests the former existence of an enclosing wall. A low line of stones forms an apparently modern wall running NW-SE across the end of the site. Sited in good land on a slight N-S downwards slope.
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
- Bullaun stoneunder 1 mi
- Ritual site - holy wellunder 1 mi
- Inauguration site1 mi
- Inauguration stone1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.