Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Ringfort - cashel
Lurgan, County Donegal, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Lurgan
- County
- Donegal
- Country
- Ireland
- Latest-edition OS map
- Not indicated
- Coordinates
- 54.55346, -8.15749
- SMR number
- DG103-072001-
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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
Within a possible hillfort (DG103-072----) is a sub-circular area (internal diam. c. 35m) enclosed by a collapsed stone wall surviving only 0.1m in height. In places the wall appears to have been removed but can be traced in the line of the rock outcrop which it originally followed along the ENE side. There are several clearings in the wall collapse which may be of recent date. At the NE end are the remains of a cairn (DG103-029----). (Lacy 1983, 148-9, no. 886; Cody 2002, 209, no. 78)
Updated by: Paul Walsh
Date of upload: 3 November 2014
References
Cody, E. 2002 Survey of the megalithic tombs of Ireland, vol. 6, Co. Donegal. Dublin. Stationery Office.
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
- Cairn - unclassifiedunder 1 mi
- Hillfortunder 1 mi
- Enclosureunder 1 mi
- House - indeterminate dateunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.