Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Ringfort - cashel
Málainn Mhóir, County Donegal, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Málainn Mhóir
- County
- Donegal
- Country
- Ireland
- Coordinates
- 54.69029, -8.76781
- SMR number
- DG089-011----
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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
Internal diam. 19.8m. An almost circular area enclosed by a much collapsed stone wall up to 1.2m in width and up to .46m high. Two field walls run from the cashel wall one to the S and another to the WNW. The cashel is located in an area of cutaway bog at the base of the slope on the S side of 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
- Megalithic structureunder 1 mi
- Field boundaryunder 1 mi
- Enclosureunder 1 mi
- Megalithic tomb - portal tombunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.