Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Ringfort - rath
An Chluain Chlaíoch, County Donegal, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- An Chluain Chlaíoch
- County
- Donegal
- Country
- Ireland
- Coordinates
- 54.83411, -7.94034
- SMR number
- DG068-013----
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. 29m. A subcircular space enclosed by an earthen bank up to 2m high, a fosse from 1.5m to 3m wide and a destroyed outer bank for the most part incorporated in a modern field boundary. The three enclosing features are all missing on the E side. A gap 1.5m to the W was probably the original entrance. A 2m square depression on the interior to the NW might indicate a souterrain. The rest of the interior is level but wet. There is bog to the E and rough pasture elsewhere.
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 - cashelunder 1 mi
- Ringfort - rathunder 1 mi
- Penal Mass stationunder 1 mi
- Ringfort - rathunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.