Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Ringfort - rath
Droim An Aonaigh, County Donegal, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Droim An Aonaigh
- County
- Donegal
- Country
- Ireland
- First-edition OS map
- NULL
- Latest-edition OS map
- NULL
- Coordinates
- 54.62663, -8.22471
- SMR number
- DG099-011----
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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
Overall Diam. 28.3m ENE-WSW. A low earthen platform up to c. 0.94m above the surrounding ground. It has been damaged on the S side. A modern field boundary running NNW-SSE divides the site. An area of intense growth on the W side might indicate a silted-up fosse. This varies in width from 2.7m to 3.95m. The site is located at the base of a drumlin in fair to marshy pasture close to the sea.
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
- Souterrainunder 1 mi
- Ringfort - rath1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.