List of national monuments in Ulster

The Irish state has officially approved the following list of national monuments of Ireland. In the Republic of Ireland, a structure or site may be deemed to be a "national monument", and therefore worthy of state protection, if it is of national importance. If the land adjoining the monument is essential to protect it, this land may also be protected.

Photo of a typical Notice (Irish: Fógra) at a national monument in the Republic of Ireland. Only three of Ulster's nine counties lie within the Republic. The other six counties make up Northern Ireland.

Only national monuments in Counties Donegal, Cavan and Monaghan are under the protection of the Irish Government as the rest of Ulster is part of Northern Ireland. In Northern Ireland, such monuments are usually termed scheduled monuments and are under the protection of the Department for Communities, a department created by the Northern Ireland Executive in April 2016. Previously, such monuments were under the protection of the Northern Ireland Environment Agency (N.I.E.A.), which was part of the former Department of the Environment (the D.o.E.).

National Monuments in Ulster edit

Cavan - Donegal - Monaghan

This list is initially sorted by county. If the list is sorted under another heading, the county links above will take you to the first item from the county in the sorted list

NM# Monument name Description Image TownlandCounty Location
585 Cabragh RingfortRingfort Cabragh 54°03′14″N 7°06′32″W / 54.053887°N 7.109°W / 54.053887; -7.109
456 CohawCourt Tomb Cohaw 54°03′27″N 7°01′05″W / 54.05738°N 7.01814°W / 54.05738; -7.01814
4 DrumlaneChurch & Round Tower Drumlane 54°03′29″N 7°28′43″W / 54.05819°N 7.47872°W / 54.05819; -7.47872
585 Errigal RingfortRingfort Errigal 54°03′57″N 7°06′12″W / 54.065817°N 7.103348°W / 54.065817; -7.103348
570 GartnanoulCourt Tomb Gartnanoul 54°00′37″N 7°29′32″W / 54.01038°N 7.49210°W / 54.01038; -7.49210
602 Cloughoughter CastleCastle Inishconnell 54°01′07″N 7°27′17″W / 54.01871°N 7.45485°W / 54.01871; -7.45485
616 Lisnagowan RingfortRingfortLisnagowan 54°03′32″N 7°18′14″W / 54.058911°N 7.303790°W / 54.058911; -7.303790
139.01 Glencolumbkille ChurchChurch & Holy Well Beefan 54°43′05″N 8°44′19″W / 54.717984°N 8.738608°W / 54.717984; -8.738608
140 Grianan of AileachCashel Carrowreagh, Speenogue, Toulett 55°01′26″N 7°25′40″W / 55.02383°N 7.42766°W / 55.02383; -7.42766 (Grianan of Aileach)
139.02 Glencolumbkille CashelPenitential Station Cashel 54°42′39″N 8°43′29″W / 54.71085°N 8.72485°W / 54.71085; -8.72485
319 Doe CastleCastle Creeslough 55°08′06″N 7°51′52″W / 55.135053°N 7.864323°W / 55.135053; -7.864323 (Doe Castle)
271 CarndonaghCross Churchland Quarter, Clonca 55°15′00″N 7°16′20″W / 55.249955°N 7.272177°W / 55.249955; -7.272177
25 Clonca Church & CrossChurch, High Cross & Grave Slab Clonca 55°16′04″N 7°10′25″W / 55.267882°N 7.173547°W / 55.267882; -7.173547
174 Donegal CastleCastle Donegal 54°39′18″N 8°06′39″W / 54.654922°N 8.110847°W / 54.654922; -8.110847 (Donegal Castle)
175 Donegal AbbeyFriary (Franciscan) Glebe 54°39′01″N 8°06′55″W / 54.650389°N 8.115289°W / 54.650389; -8.115289 (Donegal Abbey)
658 Inishkeel IslandEarly Medieval Ecclesiastical Site Innishkeel Island 54°50′48″N 8°27′11″W / 54.846769°N 8.45295°W / 54.846769; -8.45295
139.03 Malin Beg (Glencolumbkille)Church & Ringfort Malin Beg 54°39′54″N 8°46′14″W / 54.665009°N 8.770639°W / 54.665009; -8.770639
139.04 Malin More (Glencolumbkille)Megalithic Tombs Malin More 54°40′57″N 8°43′15″W / 54.682566°N 8.720830°W / 54.682566; -8.720830
639 Newmills Corn and Flax MillsMilling Complex Milltown 54°55′45″N 7°48′31″W / 54.929152°N 7.80864°W / 54.929152; -7.80864
453 Pluck Standing StoneStanding StonePluck 54°56′23″N 7°38′11″W / 54.939586°N 7.636319°W / 54.939586; -7.636319
23 Ray ChurchChurch & Cross Ray (Raymunterdoney) 55°08′51″N 8°04′14″W / 55.147379°N 8.070682°W / 55.147379; -8.070682
463 BeltanyStone circle & standing stone Raphoe 54°51′02″N 7°36′17″W / 54.850417°N 7.604667°W / 54.850417; -7.604667 (Beltany)
24 Tory IslandEarly Medieval Ecclesiastical Site Tory Island 55°15′45″N 8°13′00″W / 55.2626°N 8.2168°W / 55.2626; -8.2168 (Tory Island)
435 O'Doherty's KeepCastle Tullyarvan 55°08′23″N 7°27′52″W / 55.139652°N 7.464566°W / 55.139652; -7.464566
111 Clones Round TowerRound Tower Crossmoyle 54°10′41″N 7°13′52″W / 54.178041°N 7.231036°W / 54.178041; -7.231036
112 Clones High CrossHigh Cross Crossmoyle 54°10′46″N 7°13′57″W / 54.179470°N 7.232628°W / 54.179470; -7.232628
111 Clones ChurchChurch Crossmoyle 54°10′41″N 7°13′52″W / 54.178041°N 7.231036°W / 54.178041; -7.231036
382 Mannan CastleCastle (Motte & Bailey) Donaghmoyne 54°00′33″N 6°41′57″W / 54.009249°N 6.699125°W / 54.009249; -6.699125
208 Inishkeen Glebe Round TowerRound Tower Inishkeen Glebe 54°00′13″N 6°34′44″W / 54.00368°N 6.578758°W / 54.00368; -6.578758
564 Mullyash Kerbed CairnKerbed cairn Mullyash, Tavanaskea 54°10′27″N 6°40′10″W / 54.174201°N 6.669410°W / 54.174201; -6.669410
367 CairnbaineCourt TombTiredigan 54°11′50″N 7°04′29″W / 54.197304°N 7.074721°W / 54.197304; -7.074721

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