Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Burial ground
Loch An Iúir, County Donegal, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Loch An Iúir
- County
- Donegal
- Country
- Ireland
- Coordinates
- 54.98666, -8.29076
- SMR number
- DG049-001----
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
In peatland, on an SE-facing slope overlooking Loch an Iúir. According to local tradition this is the burial ground of soldiers killed in a battle between the O'Donnells and the O'Neills in 1435 AD. There are no remains visible at ground level.
Compiled by: Patrick F. O'Donovan
Date of upload: 16 August 2013
Nearby in the register
- Burial groundunder 1 mi
- Ringfort - cashelunder 1 mi
- Ringfort - cashel3 mi
- Structure3 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.