Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Barrow - bowl-barrow
Rahan Near, County Donegal, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Rahan Near
- County
- Donegal
- Country
- Ireland
- First-edition OS map
- Sentry Hill
- Latest-edition OS map
- Sentry Hill
- Coordinates
- 54.62094, -8.36052
- SMR number
- DG098-040----
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
Situated atop Sentry Hill with commanding views of the surrounding countryside. Impressive well-preserved monument (overall diam. 19m N-S; 17.6m E-W) consisting of a circular-shaped round topped earthen mound (top diam. 8.5m N-S; 8m E-W; H 1-1.7m; base diam. 13.5m N-S; 13.4m E-W) enclosed by a well preserved waterlogged fosse (base Wth 1-2m; top Wth 2.5-3.5m; ext. D 0.3-0.5m) with traces of a poorly preserved external earthen bank (Wth 2m; ext. H 0.2m). It is curious that the mound is not depicted as an antiquity on any edition of the Ordnance Survey six-inch map. A trig. station marking the spot height 217ft OD is depicted on the OS 6-inch map where the mound is located.
Compiled by: Caimin O’Brien
Date of upload: 29 September 2015
Nearby in the register
- Ringfort - rathunder 1 mi
- Enclosureunder 1 mi
- Ringfort - rathunder 1 mi
- Megalithic tomb - unclassifiedunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.