Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Ringfort - rath
Stranorlaghan, County Donegal, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Stranorlaghan
- County
- Donegal
- Country
- Ireland
- First-edition OS map
- NULL
- Latest-edition OS map
- NULL
- Coordinates
- 54.84346, -7.59485
- SMR number
- DG070-040----
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. 54m. A partially destroyed subcircular raised area enclosed by the remains of an earthen bank surviving up to 1.5m in height on the W its best preserved side. There are possible indications of a fosse outside this section. The E side has been almost entirely removed. In the interior there are remains of several features but as the site has been much reused and is much overgrown the configuration and date of these structures is difficult to determine. It is situated on the summit of a hill on cultivated land with wide views in all directions.
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
- Enclosureunder 1 mi
- Standing stoneunder 1 mi
- Standing stoneunder 1 mi
- Stone circleunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.