Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Mound
Srath Na Circe, County Donegal, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Srath Na Circe
- County
- Donegal
- Country
- Ireland
- First-edition OS map
- NULL
- Latest-edition OS map
- NULL
- Coordinates
- 54.69334, -8.61254
- SMR number
- DG090-002----
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
Known locally as 'Cearc's Grave'. The site consists of a slightly irregular-shaped earthen mound. The mound is 44m SSW-NNE and 30m WNW-ESE at the base and 22m SSW-NNE and 19m WNW-ESE at the top. It is up to 4.75m in height. There is a hollow on the top of the mound said to have contained two stone slabs. The site is located on the valley floor of the Glen river in marshy pasture land.
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
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.