Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Promontory fort - coastal
Mucros (TC An Leargaidh Mhór), County Donegal, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Mucros (TC An Leargaidh Mhór)
- County
- Donegal
- Country
- Ireland
- Coordinates
- 54.60892, -8.59217
- SMR number
- DG096-027001-
Slide toward Today to fade the historical sheet and see the modern map underneath.
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4 historical maps cover this location, the earliest the 1881 map "Ireland to Illustrate the Military Condition of the Country." (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries).
Historical maps covering this location
- 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
A triangular promontory from 46.5m wide at its E or landward side to 7m wide at its promontory end is cut off from the land side by a ruined stone wall consisting of an inner and outer facing with a central small stone core. The wall varies from 2.75m to 3m in width. At its N end the wall turns W along the cliff edge which is not too steep at this point. Elsewhere the cliff edge is sheer and in places overhanging. The wall survives up to 1m in height along the N section but elsewhere is almost flush with the interior. Modern steps and a wall have been constructed on the original wall. The interior is level. The site is located in an area of fairly good grazing. A local tradition claims that a lintelled entrance originally passed through the wall, at that time much higher.
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. 75/1939).
Nearby in the register
- Middenunder 1 mi
- Mass-rockunder 1 mi
- Burial groundunder 1 mi
- Enclosureunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.