Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Enclosure
Rafoarty (Ballintra ED), County Donegal, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Rafoarty (Ballintra ED)
- County
- Donegal
- Country
- Ireland
- First-edition OS map
- Not indicated
- Latest-edition OS map
- Not indicated
- Coordinates
- 54.64955, -8.34248
- SMR number
- DG092-016----
Slide toward Today to fade the historical sheet and see the modern map underneath.
David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford LibrariesLionel Pincus and Princess Firyal Map Division, The New York Public LibraryDavid Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford LibrariesDavid Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford LibrariesDavid Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries
5 historical maps cover this location, the earliest the 1702 map "A chart of the NORTH-WEST coast of IRELAND from LOUGH SWILLY to SLYNE HEAD" (Lionel Pincus and Princess Firyal Map Division, The New York Public Library).
Historical maps covering this location
- 1702 · A chart of the NORTH-WEST coast of IRELAND from LOUGH SWILLY to SLYNE HEAD (Lionel Pincus and Princess Firyal Map Division, The New York Public Library)
- 1881 · Ireland to Illustrate the Military Condition of the Country. (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
- 1891 · Ireland 16 (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
- 1904 · Sheet 4. (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
- 1922 · Ireland - northern section. (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
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The National Monuments Service's description
On top of Rafoarty Hill, the remains comprise a sub-circular enclosure (diam. c. 45m) defined by a raised platform (c. 8m high).
Compiled by: Paul Walsh
Date of upload: 14 January 2014
Nearby in the register
- Enclosureunder 1 mi
- Ringfort - cashelunder 1 mi
- Enclosureunder 1 mi
- Megalithic tomb - wedge tombunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.