Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Ringfort - cashel
Casheltown (gartan Ed), County Donegal, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Casheltown (gartan Ed)
- County
- Donegal
- Country
- Ireland
- First-edition OS map
- NULL
- Latest-edition OS map
- NULL
- Coordinates
- 54.98413, -7.94438
- SMR number
- DG052-001001-
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
Internal diam. c. 22.5m. A subcircular area enclosed by a stone wall, in places collapsed and at other points rebuilt and remodelled in recent times. The original wall width would seem to have been about 2.5m to 2.75m. The interior is flat. Externally to the S there are the remains of a small subcircular structure (DG052-001002-) of stones surviving to a height of c. 0.5m. A probable entrance faces E. The site is located on the SE slope of Leaghanmore above Gartan Lough in an area of some grazing land and tillage surrounded by boggy rocky land.
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
- Structureunder 1 mi
- Ritual site - holy wellunder 1 mi
- Crannog1 mi
- Standing stone1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.