Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Ringfort - rath
Inver Glebe, County Donegal, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Inver Glebe
- County
- Donegal
- Country
- Ireland
- Coordinates
- 54.65331, -8.27927
- SMR number
- DG092-011----
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
Overall Diam. 32.3m NE-SW, 28.5m NW-SE. An earthen platform c. 0.7m to 2.3m above the ground. There is slight evidence of a possible entrance to the SW. The site is located on the crest of a NE-SW drumlin in fairly good pasture.
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
This monument is subject to a preservation order made under the National Monuments Acts 1930 to 2014 (PO no. 12/1983).
Nearby in the register
- Ringfort - rathunder 1 mi
- Graveyardunder 1 mi
- Churchunder 1 mi
- Enclosureunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.