Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Ringfort - rath
Roughan Glebe, County Donegal, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Roughan Glebe
- County
- Donegal
- Country
- Ireland
- First-edition OS map
- NULL
- Latest-edition OS map
- NULL
- Coordinates
- 55.01138, -7.54951
- SMR number
- DG046-020----
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
Internal diam. 32m. A circular area enclosed by an earthen bank, a fosse up to 4m wide and an outer bank. The 1st edition of the OS 6-inch map showed this as an irregular shape. It may have been modified as a consequence of later tree planting. There is a causeway on the E possibly indicating the original entrance. Situated on good land sloping down to Lough Swilly.
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 - unclassifiedunder 1 mi
- Enclosureunder 1 mi
- Enclosureunder 1 mi
- Enclosure1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.