Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Building
Reachlainn Uí Bhirn, County Donegal, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Reachlainn Uí Bhirn
- County
- Donegal
- Country
- Ireland
- Coordinates
- 54.66385, -8.82577
- SMR number
- DG089-018008-
Slide toward Today to fade the historical sheet and see the modern map underneath.
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Shown on 5 historical map sheets, the earliest the 1869 "Ireland." (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries).
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The National Monuments Service's description
Described by Herity (1995, 92) as follows: ‘Immediately west of it are the rectangular foundations of what may be a dwelling of that period, 5.77m east-west by 3-3.20m north-south, the entrance half-way along the south side. The remains of a small corn-drying kiln are incorporated in the west wall (Walsh 1983, 61). Immediately south of its south-west comer is an almost square building 3.65m by roughly 2.40m internally, very dilapidated.’
Compiled by: Paul Walsh
Date of upload: 2 February 2014
Image DG089-018008-_01 (taken 21 July 1983): a view looking north of the western component of this stucture with the possible kiln feature (DG089-018009-) marked by a ranging rod.
References
Herity, M. 1995 Two Island Hermitages in the Atlantic: Rathlin O'Birne, Donegal, and Caher Island, Mayo. Journal of the Royal Society of Antiquaries of Ireland, 125, 85-128.
Nearby in the register
- Kilnunder 1 mi
- Churchunder 1 mi
- House - medievalunder 1 mi
- House - indeterminate dateunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.