Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Hut site
Dún Dubháin íochtarach, County Donegal, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Dún Dubháin íochtarach
- County
- Donegal
- Country
- Ireland
- First-edition OS map
- NULL
- Latest-edition OS map
- Not indicated
- Coordinates
- 55.22569, -7.81382
- SMR number
- DG007-003----
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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
Kitchen middens (DG007-002001/003-) are marked here on the 3rd edition of the OS 6-inch map. A bronze pin; half a quern and bones were also reported by Welch (1902, 229) at Tranarossan, and in 1944 M.R. 200m W and closer to the shore, the W half of a circular stone enclosure 12.5m across can be seen. Two courses of drystone construction survive up to .6m in height (DG007-003-). There are short lines of stones visible in the sand E and S of this 'hut'. The site is located behind Rosses Strand on the SE side of Tranarossan Bay.
The above description was published in 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).
Nearby in the register
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.