Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Enclosure
Trusk, County Donegal, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Trusk
- County
- Donegal
- Country
- Ireland
- First-edition OS map
- Fort
- Latest-edition OS map
- Not indicated
- Coordinates
- 54.75848, -7.81790
- SMR number
- DG086-003----
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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
This enclosure is indicted on the 1836 OS 6-inch map as a circular enclosure (diam. c. 15), named ‘Fort’. Inspected in the early 1980’s, it was recorded as follows: ‘An arc of an enclosing bank or wall 15m long, c. 2m wide and .1m high is all that survives of the 'Fort' marked on the 1st and 2nd editions of the OS maps. The bank remains are of soil but the boggy rocky terrain suggests that the site may have been a cashel. The area has been extensively afforested.’ (Lacy 1983, 216, no. 1396). The enclosure has since been destroyed by quarrying.
Compiled by: Jane O'Shaughnessy
Date of revised upload: 26 July 2019
References
Lacy, B. with Cody, E., Cotter, C., Cuppage, J., Dunne, N., Hurley, V., O'Rahilly, C., Walsh, P. and Ó Nualláin, S. 1983 Archaeological Survey of County Donegal. A description of the field antiquities of the County from the Mesolithic Period to the 17th century A.D. Lifford. Donegal County Council.
Nearby in the register
- Megalithic tomb - portal tombunder 1 mi
- Standing stone1 mi
- Standing stone1 mi
- Ringfort - cashel1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.