Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Burial ground
Doochill South, County Donegal, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Doochill South
- County
- Donegal
- Country
- Ireland
- First-edition OS map
- Fort
- Latest-edition OS map
- Doochill Burial Ground (Disused)
- Coordinates
- 54.76436, -8.37402
- SMR number
- DG074-012----
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. 25.1m E-W, 16.7m N-S. A subcircular area bounded by a collapsed stone wall is known as an old burial ground. At the centre of the site is a depression 6.8m x 6.1m. The interior slopes to the E and there is evidence for cultivation in recent times. The site is located to the S of and adjoining the Owentocker river.
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
- Moundunder 1 mi
- Megalithic tomb - court tombunder 1 mi
- Ringfort - cashelunder 1 mi
- Megalithic tomb - unclassifiedunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.