Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Penal Mass station
Toulett, County Donegal, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Toulett
- County
- Donegal
- Country
- Ireland
- Coordinates
- 55.02383, -7.42766
- SMR number
- DG047-012006-
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
The site generally referred to as the 'Grianán of Aileach' (National Monument number 140) consists of a restored cashel centrally placed within a series of three enclosing earthen banks, the site of a 'tumu-lus', the site of an approaching 'ancient road' and a holy well. (1) The cashel was surveyed and described by Petrie in 1835 (Colby 1837, 217-232). It subsequently fell into a state of considerable disarray but was rebuilt and restored between 1874 and 1878 by Dr. Walter Bernard of Derry (Bernard 1870-9, 415--23). The interior of the cashel (DG047-012001-) is fairly level but Petrie recorded traces of a rectangular stone structure at the centre, which he believed to be the remains of a 'chapel' dating to the Penal period (18th century).
Compiled by: Caimin O'Brien
Date of upload: 20 May 2009
Nearby in the register
- Ringfort - cashelunder 1 mi
- Hillfortunder 1 mi
- Ritual site - holy wellunder 1 mi
- Cairn - burial cairnunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.