Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Ringfort - rath
Ballyederlan, County Donegal, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Ballyederlan
- County
- Donegal
- Country
- Ireland
- First-edition OS map
- Not indicated
- Latest-edition OS map
- Not indicated
- Coordinates
- 54.60610, -8.37774
- SMR number
- DG098-042----
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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 on flat grassland with good views in all directions. Raised circular area (diam. 30.5m E-W; 33.5n N-S; H 1m) enclosed by a poorly preserved bank mainly reduced to a scarp (H 1m) and shallow external fosse (Wth 4m; ext. D 0.3m). No clear entrance feature visible. Possible ringfort visible on Bing Maps aerial photograph taken between November 2011 and March 2012.
Compiled by: Caimin O'Brien
Date of upload: 6 October 2015
Nearby in the register
- Enclosureunder 1 mi
- Ringfort - rathunder 1 mi
- Ringfort - rathunder 1 mi
- Ringfort - rathunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.