Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Ringfort - rath
Aghawoney, County Donegal, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Aghawoney
- County
- Donegal
- Country
- Ireland
- First-edition OS map
- NULL
- Latest-edition OS map
- NULL
- Coordinates
- 55.03983, -7.72789
- SMR number
- DG045-003----
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. 37m. An almost circular area is enclosed by an earthen bank up to 2m in height and a fosse 4m wide and 1m in depth. There is an entrance gap 1.2 wide and a causeway to the SE. A gully 1m wide and 0.5m deep runs inside the bank for almost all the way. Some stone is visible protruding from the bank. The site is conspicuously placed on a flat-topped rise in good land S of the Leannan River.
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
- Standing stoneunder 1 mi
- Souterrainunder 1 mi
- Cistunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.