Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Ringfort - unclassified
Creggan (stranorlar Ed), County Donegal, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Creggan (stranorlar Ed)
- County
- Donegal
- Country
- Ireland
- First-edition OS map
- Fort and Cave
- Latest-edition OS map
- Not indicated
- Coordinates
- 54.82665, -7.80353
- SMR number
- DG068-022001-
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
There is no surface indication (other than a preservation sign) of the 'Fort' and souterrain (DG068-022002-) marked on the 1st edition of the OS 6-inch map. The souterrain was inspected in recent years [1972], however. The 'Fort' was situated on a slight rise in a cultivated field sloping S and E to the Finn Valley. The size of the rise probably indicates the dimensions of the 'Fort' to have been c. 20m-30m.
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
This monument is subject to a preservation order made under the National Monuments Acts 1930 to 2014 (PO no. 5/1973).
Nearby in the register
- Souterrainunder 1 mi
- Standing stoneunder 1 mi
- Ringfort - unclassifiedunder 1 mi
- Ringfort - unclassifiedunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.