Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Ringfort - cashel
Málainn Mhóir, County Donegal, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Málainn Mhóir
- County
- Donegal
- Country
- Ireland
- Coordinates
- 54.68778, -8.77444
- SMR number
- DG089-009001-
Slide toward Today to fade the historical sheet and see the modern map underneath.
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Shown on 5 historical map sheets, the earliest the 1869 "Ireland." (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries).
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The National Monuments Service's description
An almost circular area enclosed by a totally collapsed stone wall, internal diameter 14m and external diameter 29.6m. A layer of limpets and periwinkles in a peat/charcoal soil can be seen under the wall in the ESE. In the NE quadrant the wall has been encroached upon by a covering of peat and heather. There is a tradition of a souterrain (DG089-009002-) in or near this cashel but this could not be substantiated. The site is located on an ESE-WNW ridge of poor land over-looking Malin More valley.
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
- Souterrainunder 1 mi
- Standing stoneunder 1 mi
- Megalithic tomb - portal tombunder 1 mi
- Megalithic tomb - portal tombunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.