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Field boundary

Point (Dunkineely ED), County Donegal, Ireland

Ordnance Survey six-inch map, 2nd edition (1888–1915) covering the location of Field boundary, Point, County Donegal, with a pin at the register's coordinates
Ordnance Survey six-inch map, 2nd edition (1888–1915), covering this location. Courtesy of the National Library of Scotland. The pin is ours, placed from the register's coordinates.

The record

Townland
Point (Dunkineely ED)
County
Donegal
Country
Ireland
First-edition OS map
Not indicated
Latest-edition OS map
Not indicated
Coordinates
54.57713, -8.43688
SMR number
DG097A006----

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David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries

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

The remains of a low earth and stone bank (Wth 1.5m; H 0.4m; L c. 90m) running from N-S which cuts off a headland jutting into the Atlantic Ocean marked on the 6-inch map as 'Rinnanane' and forming what appears to be a possible promontory fort. There is no evidence of any gap or entrance feature in this field bank. The dating of this field bank is uncertain, and its small size and form would suggest that it is possibly 18th or 19th century in date. An enclosure or cashel (DG097A002-) is located 50m to the NW.

Compiled by: Caimin O'Brien
Date of upload/revision: 02 May 2010

Nearby in the register

Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.

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