Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Ringfort - cashel
Kilbarron, County Donegal, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Kilbarron
- County
- Donegal
- Country
- Ireland
- First-edition OS map
- NULL
- Latest-edition OS map
- NULL
- Coordinates
- 54.53738, -8.22877
- SMR number
- DG103-046----
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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. c. 18m. A field wall seems to be built on the S section, 16m long, of the footing of this cashel, 1m wide and up to .6m high. Nothing survives of the E section and only a heap of stones lie on what was the line of the W section. Several stones lie along the N section but many have slipped over the edge of the ridge. A horse-shoe-shaped foundation of stones 3m in diameter lies outside the E perimeter. The site is located on the summit of a N-facing slope.
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
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