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Ringfort - cashel

Loch An Iúir, County Donegal, Ireland

Ordnance Survey six-inch map, 2nd edition (1888–1915) covering the location of Ringfort - cashel, Loch An Iúir, County Donegal, with a pin at the register's coordinates
Ordnance Survey six-inch map, 2nd edition (1888–1915), covering this location. Courtesy of the National Library of Scotland. The pin is ours, placed from the register's coordinates.

The record

Townland
Loch An Iúir
County
Donegal
Country
Ireland
First-edition OS map
Not indicated
Latest-edition OS map
Hachured
Coordinates
54.98317, -8.29305
SMR number
DG049-003----

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David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries

4 historical maps cover this location, the earliest the 1881 map "Ireland to Illustrate the Military Condition of the Country." (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries).

Historical maps covering this location

  • 1881 · Ireland to Illustrate the Military Condition of the Country. (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
  • 1891 · Ireland 16 (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
  • 1900 · Ireland (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
  • 1904 · Sheet 1. (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)

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The National Monuments Service's description

On a SE-facing slope overlooking Lough Anure. Not marked on the 1835 edition of the OS 6-inch map. Depicted on the 1907 map as a small circular enclosure. This is named 'Dún' on an Irish language version of the 25-inch map in the possession of a local historian. This feature, probably a cashel, is thought to be connected to a large-scale battle in 1435 between the O'Neills and the O'Donnells. There are no remains now visible at ground level. The then upstanding remains are said to have been covered-over c. 2000 (local information).

Compiled by: Patrick F. O'Donovan

Date of upload: 14 August 2013

Nearby in the register

Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.

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