Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Enclosure
Lurgan, County Donegal, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Lurgan
- County
- Donegal
- Country
- Ireland
- First-edition OS map
- Not indicated
- Latest-edition OS map
- Not indicated
- Coordinates
- 54.55304, -8.15741
- SMR number
- DG103-092----
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 pasture, located roughly in the centre of a hillfort (DG103-072----) on the top of a N–S limestone ridge. This enclosure consists of a flat, circular area (22m N–S; 22m E–W) defined on the perimeter by a slight, grass-covered rise, marked by mossy tussocks and occasional stones. There is a break (Wth c. 6m) at N–NNE. The enclosure is barely discernible at ground level. It is located on a plateau which forms a spine of relatively level ground extending N–S through the centre of the hillfort. The enclosure is conjoined on its E side to a possible circular house (DG103-093----). There is a larger circular enclosure (DG103-072----) 13.5m to N, within which there is a cairn (DG103-029----) marking the highest point of the ridge.
Attached image:
DG103-092----_01.JPG Yellow arrows indicate outline of the enclosure, with the possible house (DG103-093----) indicated by a red arrow, viewed from NW.
Compiled by: Jane O’Shaughnessy
Date of upload: 18 November 2015
Nearby in the register
- Hillfortunder 1 mi
- House - indeterminate dateunder 1 mi
- Ringfort - cashelunder 1 mi
- Cairn - unclassifiedunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.