Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Burial ground
Doire Leathan, County Donegal, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Doire Leathan
- County
- Donegal
- Country
- Ireland
- First-edition OS map
- Outlined
- Latest-edition OS map
- Indicated
- Coordinates
- 54.63163, -8.63139
- SMR number
- DG096-007001-
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
Garrynakilla burial ground is an oval-shaped area 21.7m x 17.3m with an entrance gap through the stone wall to the ENE. The interior is flat and has been ploughed. A local tradition records a cross-inscribed stone (DG096-007002-) in the NNW part of the graveyard but it no longer survives. There is, however, a natural erratic in this part of the graveyard.
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
- Cross-inscribed stoneunder 1 mi
- Ritual site - holy wellunder 1 mi
- Hut siteunder 1 mi
- Ritual site - holy wellunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.