Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Ringfort - cashel
Loch An Iúir, County Donegal, Ireland
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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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
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
- Burial groundunder 1 mi
- Burial groundunder 1 mi
- Structure3 mi
- Structure3 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.