Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Enclosure
Disert, County Donegal, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Disert
- County
- Donegal
- Country
- Ireland
- First-edition OS map
- Not indicated
- Latest-edition OS map
- Indicated
- Coordinates
- 54.73344, -8.18725
- SMR number
- DG084-001011-
Slide toward Today to fade the historical sheet and see the modern map underneath.
David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford LibrariesDavid Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford LibrariesDavid Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford LibrariesDavid Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries
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
Located within the S half of an ecclesiastical enclosure (DG084-001001-). This roughly oval or oblong area (34m NE−SW; c. 27m NW−SE) is defined by low sod-covered walls footings, in parts reduced to a slight scarp. A drystone wall on NE−SW axis subdivides the interior to W of centre. This wall marks off the W third of the enclosure, which serves as a graveyard (DG084-001002-), in which an altar (DG084-001008-) and three penitential cairns (DG084-001005-; DG084-001006-; DG084-001007-) are located.
Compiled by: Jane O'Shaughnessy
Date of upload: 9 August 2017
Nearby in the register
- Penitential stationunder 1 mi
- Altarunder 1 mi
- Graveyardunder 1 mi
- Cross-slabunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.