Townland of Glebe
Area: 99 acres
Irish Name: Meaning - Churchlands (The house and land and
its revenue provided for the clergyman of a parish).
Spelling Variations: none
Rath (Iron Age or later)
One mile from Moville on Derry road at Glebe Bridge over deep glen,
road cuts right through the fort. Arable. View restricted by trees
in glen and on both sides of road. The remains of this double ringed
fort suggest that it must have been very impressive. It is within
100yds. of Lough Foyle on top of the deep ravine of the glen, the
stream at the bottom being about 60ft. down. Here at the E. section
there is no bank, as the ravine provides a natural protection; the
N.W. section still has two banks on the upper side; the surface
of the enclosure is well above the level of the road. The smaller
S.E. section on the lough side has only traces of an outer bank
which is at a lower level than the central enclosure on this side
of the road, and the bank falls sharply away to shore level. As
a kind of promontory fort, so near the lough, and above the quickly
falling stream in the glen, it must have been in a very strong position
with a wonderful outlook up, down and across the lough. There might
have been a third bank on the more vulnerable land side where the
cultivated field to the N.W. encroaches on the present outer bank;
beyond this, a natural-looking height, margining into the field,
might possibly have been a third bank, or utilised as such. It would
seem that few people are aware that the road runs through a fort.
Measurements:
Interior diameter of portion on landward side of the road, N.E.
- S.W.
Interior diameter of whole fort, including width of road, N.E.
- S.E.
Inside and outside height of inner bank at N.W.
Width of inner bank at N.W.
Width of trench at N.W.
Height of inner side of outer bank at N.W. from bottom of trench
Height of outer side of outer bank N.W. from bottom of trench
Width from top of outer bank to top of inner bank |
95 ft
110 ft
11 ft
26 ft
9 ft
6ft 6 ins
9 ft
36 ft |
Taken from The Heritage of Inishowen by Mabel R. Colhoun
Glebe bridge-building started April 1852 and was completed in 1853.
McIlwee was the contractor.
The little Church in the townland of Glebe, known as the Chapel
of Ease was built in 1745, it no longer exists.
Germans by the name of Tope built the "Whale Bone House"
(Donagheys). Kennedy and Caldwell from Coleraine lived there, also
Sam Donaghey. Sam married a Miss Hamilton (teacher).
Sent in by Samuel Norris
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