Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Hillfort
Croaghan (clonleigh South Ed),glensmoil, County Donegal, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Croaghan (clonleigh South Ed),glensmoil
- County
- Donegal
- Country
- Ireland
- Coordinates
- 54.82400, -7.53484
- SMR number
- DG070-074001-
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. c. 85m. A roughly circular area enclosed by a grass-grown collapsed stone wall in places up to 5m wide and 1m high but at others hardly perceptible. A field boundary cuts off the W side and beyond this the outline of the wall is very vague. There are several gaps but one at the SE could be original as it is lined with set stones. There are extensive surfaces of rock outcrop within the enclosure. Near the centre of the interior is the passage-tomb (DG070-074002-), a mound 21m in diameter and 3m high. The site is situated on the summit of Croaghan Hill, which it exploits, and it dominates an extensive area including the ancient territory of Magh Itha.
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. 14/1987).
Nearby in the register
- Megalithic tomb - passage tombunder 1 mi
- Megalithic tomb - unclassifiedunder 1 mi
- Standing stoneunder 1 mi
- Enclosureunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.