Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Ringfort - cashel
Ballymagrorty Irish, County Donegal, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Ballymagrorty Irish
- County
- Donegal
- Country
- Ireland
- Coordinates
- 54.56605, -8.14745
- SMR number
- DG103-018----
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
Internal diam. 19m. 'Casheldoo'. Only sections of the wall-footing of the former circular enclosure survives to a height of .4m and even this appears to be rebuilt. The wall has been removed altogether in the S and SE quadrants. A pile of stone in the S quadrant was used as a 'penal alter'. It is situated on the N gentle slope of a hill in good pasture.
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
- Castle - unclassifiedunder 1 mi
- Moundunder 1 mi
- Hilltop enclosureunder 1 mi
- Megalithic tomb - wedge tombunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.