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Ringfort - rath

Ballyederlan, County Donegal, Ireland

Ordnance Survey six-inch map, 2nd edition (1888–1915) covering the location of Ringfort - rath, Ballyederlan, 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
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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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 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

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

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