Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Ringfort - rath
Drumgorman, County Donegal, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Drumgorman
- County
- Donegal
- Country
- Ireland
- First-edition OS map
- NULL
- Latest-edition OS map
- NULL
- Coordinates
- 54.63551, -8.25797
- SMR number
- DG098-009----
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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
Internal diam. 27m. A circular area enclosed by an earthen bank and the remains of a fosse and outer bank particularly evident on the NE side but elsewhere much eroded or gone. The inner bank is up to .95m in height and the fosse is up to 3.7m wide and up to c. 1.3m in depth. The outer bank is up to 1.4m in height. A 3.3m gap in the inner bank to the NE coincides with a causeway across the fosse and a gap in the outer bank. A stone c. 0.6m long is set in the inner bank here and probably marks the entrance. The site is located in good pasture on a drumlin with restricted views.
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
- Ringfort - rathunder 1 mi
- Ringfort - rathunder 1 mi
- Ringfort - rathunder 1 mi
- Standing stoneunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.