Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Ringfort - rath
Cherrymount, County Donegal, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Cherrymount
- County
- Donegal
- Country
- Ireland
- First-edition OS map
- NULL
- Latest-edition OS map
- NULL
- Coordinates
- 54.49142, -8.14827
- SMR number
- DG107-070----
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. 33m. A circular area enclosed by a low earthen bank and with traces of an external fosse. Previous reports indicate that a 6ft wide entrance-gap existed on the W side opposite a causeway 9ft wide. The interior is divided by a modern field fence. It is situated on the summit of a drumlin overlooking the River Erne and seems to be part of a complex involving DG107-071 and DG107-072.
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
- Ringfort - rathunder 1 mi
- Castle - unclassifiedunder 1 mi
- Castle - motteunder 1 mi
- Megalithic tomb - court tombunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.