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Barrow - bowl-barrow

Rahan Near, County Donegal, Ireland

Ordnance Survey six-inch map, 2nd edition (1888–1915) covering the location of Barrow - bowl-barrow, Rahan Near, 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
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----

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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

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

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

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