Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Hut site
Reachlainn Uí Bhirn, County Donegal, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Reachlainn Uí Bhirn
- County
- Donegal
- Country
- Ireland
- Coordinates
- 54.66498, -8.82641
- SMR number
- DG089-018025-
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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
To the east of the hut-site (DG089-018024-) are the remains of at least two structures (Walsh 1983, 55, Fig. 18, B). The more easterly structure consists of a low oval bank of earth and stone, 0.2m high, measuring 2 by 4m internally; it is probably a hut-site. A stone, 0.65 by 0.30 by 0.92m high, and tapering towards the top, is set on end in the east wall. This stone may have formed part of the east wall. Alternatively, the occupiers of the site may have incorporated a pre-existing stone when building the hut. The location of this hut-site is approximate.
Compiled by: Paul Walsh
Date of upload: 2 February 2014
References
Walsh, P. 1983 The monastic settlement on Rathlin O'Birne Island, County Donegal. Journal of the Royal Society of Antiquaries of Ireland, 113, 53-66.
Nearby in the register
- Hut siteunder 1 mi
- Hut siteunder 1 mi
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- Ecclesiastical enclosureunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.