Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Ringfort - rath
Dundrean, County Donegal, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Dundrean
- County
- Donegal
- Country
- Ireland
- First-edition OS map
- NULL
- Latest-edition OS map
- NULL
- Coordinates
- 55.04302, -7.36547
- SMR number
- DG047-002----
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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. 31.7m. A subcircular platform enclosed by an earthen bank surviving up to .75m in height but which has disappeared in places. The drop from the top of the bank to the ground level is c. 4m and seems to result from the scarping and infilling of a natural hillock. There is a possible entrance on the E side. There is no evidence for the outer bank shown on the 1st and 2nd editions of the OS 6-inch maps. The interior is level. It is situated in good pasture land with good views, overlooking the former channel of marshland which isolated the Inishowen peninsula. McNeill (1975, 52 No. 72) suggests this site as a 'probable' motte.
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
- Ringfort - rathunder 1 mi
- Souterrainunder 1 mi
- Standing stoneunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.