Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Enclosure
Saintjohnstown (st. Johnstown Ed), County Donegal, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Saintjohnstown (st. Johnstown Ed)
- County
- Donegal
- Country
- Ireland
- First-edition OS map
- NULL
- Latest-edition OS map
- NULL
- Coordinates
- 54.92913, -7.47010
- SMR number
- DG063-004001-
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
No trace of the single-ringed enclosure marked on the 2nd edition of the OS 6-inch maps now survives. It was situated on top of a hill overlooking the valley of the Foyle. Close-by but apparently outside the area of the ringfort a section of a souterrain (DG063-004002-), about 4ft deep with a flagstone roof, each stone being about 2yds wide, was found. It was subsequently filled in.
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
- Souterrainunder 1 mi
- Graveyardunder 1 mi
- Churchunder 1 mi
- Standing stoneunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.