Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Ringfort - cashel
Killymasny, County Donegal, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Killymasny
- County
- Donegal
- Country
- Ireland
- First-edition OS map
- NULL
- Latest-edition OS map
- NULL
- Coordinates
- 54.93006, -7.85830
- SMR number
- DG060-006----
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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
Internal diam. 13m E-W, 7.5m N-S. A mound of stones marked 'Cashel' on the 3rd edi-tion of the OS 6-inch map. It is possibly partly natural but this is obscured by stone collapse and overgrowth. The N side rises 4m to the the top but the S side is lower due to the slope of the hill. The top is an oval uneven space enclosed by a low rim .5m to 1m in height, because of the collapse it is difficult to discern specific wall facings. It is is situated on a belt of rough pasture between two bands of bog on a N-facing slope. Running up to the site are a series of disused large stone field boundaries and nearby a subcircular large stone-walled field. It is not possible to say definitely, but these could be early features.
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
- Ringfort - rathunder 1 mi
- Ringfort - cashelunder 1 mi
- Souterrainunder 1 mi
- Enclosureunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.