Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Enclosure
Ardpattan, County Donegal, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Ardpattan
- County
- Donegal
- Country
- Ireland
- First-edition OS map
- Not indicated
- Latest-edition OS map
- Not indicated
- Coordinates
- 54.53295, -8.16592
- SMR number
- DG103-057004-
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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
First recorded by Davies (1942, 100, site c), this enclosure consists of a subcircular area (14.4m E–W; 12m N–S) defined by a barely discernible, slightly raised undulation, possibly the remnants of a bank or wall. The enclosed space encompasses the full N–S width of the terrace so that at SE–SW the enclosing undulation merges with the outer lip or edge of the terrace, and at NW–NE it becomes an inward-facing scarp where the terrace backs onto the higher ridge slope. The interior space (diam. c. 9-10m) is level. A small, circular hollow (diam. 3m; D 0.4m on E side), with no visible evidence of an enclosing wall or other structural features, is located 4m to W of the enclosure. It was noted by Davies (ibid, 100, Site ‘d’) who suggested that it might be the foundations of a limekiln.
Compiled by: Jane O’ Shaughnessy
Date of upload: 15 February 2016
References
Davies, O. 1942 The Twomile stone, a prehistoric community in County Donegal. Journal of the Royal Society of Antiquaries of Ireland 72, 98-105.
Nearby in the register
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.