Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Mound
Glasbolie, County Donegal, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Glasbolie
- County
- Donegal
- Country
- Ireland
- First-edition OS map
- Not indicated
- Latest-edition OS map
- Hachured
- Coordinates
- 54.56555, -8.15623
- SMR number
- DG103-017002-
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
In the NE sector of the interior of a hilltop enclosure (DG103-017001-) there is an earthen mound at a point where there is a change in ground level. The mound is c. 5m high on the E side. Local tradition says that the site is the burial place of a king of Tir Conaill. (Lacy 1833, 115, no. 704).
Compiled by: Jane O'Shaughnessy
Date of upload: 1 December 2015
References
Lacy, B. with Cody, E., Cotter, C., Cuppage, J., Dunne, N., Hurley, V., O'Rahilly, C., Walsh, P. and Ó Nualláin, S. 1983 Archaeological Survey of County Donegal. A description of the field antiquities of the County from the Mesolithic Period to the 17th century A.D. Lifford. Donegal County Council.
Nearby in the register
- Hilltop enclosureunder 1 mi
- Ringfort - cashelunder 1 mi
- Enclosureunder 1 mi
- Castle - unclassifiedunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.