Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Hut site
Balleelaghan, County Donegal, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Balleelaghan
- County
- Donegal
- Country
- Ireland
- First-edition OS map
- Friars Cell
- Latest-edition OS map
- Friars Cell (1903)
- Coordinates
- 55.29933, -7.28634
- SMR number
- DG004-024----
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4 historical maps cover this location, the earliest the 1841 map "Ireland." (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries).
Historical maps covering this location
- 1841 · Ireland. (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
- 1881 · Ireland to Illustrate the Military Condition of the Country. (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
- 1883 · Scotland. (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
- 1900 · Ireland (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
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The National Monuments Service's description
Listed as a 'dolmen' by Borlase (1897), this is a small cave-like opening in a ledge of rock, the entrance to which is partly closed by a stone wall. A friar named Doherty supposedly lived here in the 17th century (OS Name Book, 1834).
OS Name Book, Clonca parish (1834), book 1, 26; Borlase 1897, 229, Inishowen East no. 3; Bonner 1972, 15; SMR 1987, 4:24; Colhoun 1995, 10 ('Balleeghan'); RMP 1995, 4:24.
The above description was published in the 'Survey of the Megalithic Tombs of Ireland. Volume VI, County Donegal.' Compiled by: Eamon Cody (Dublin: Stationery Office, 2002).
Date of upload: 22 September 2008
Nearby in the register
- Moundunder 1 mi
- Bullaun stoneunder 1 mi
- Burial groundunder 1 mi
- Standing stoneunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.