Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Hut site
Reachlainn Uí Bhirn, County Donegal, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Reachlainn Uí Bhirn
- County
- Donegal
- Country
- Ireland
- Coordinates
- 54.66438, -8.82671
- SMR number
- DG089-018027-
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5 historical maps cover this location, the earliest the 1869 map "Ireland." (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries).
Historical maps covering this location
- 1869 · Ireland. (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
- 1881 · Ireland to Illustrate the Military Condition of the Country. (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
- 1891 · Ireland 16 (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
- 1904 · Sheet 4. (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
- 1922 · Ireland - northern section. (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
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The National Monuments Service's description
These structures are built on to the west side of the enclosing outer wall. The southern structure comprises the remains of a sub-rectangular hut-site, 2 by 3m internally, with a slightly larger enclosure to the north, 3 by 6m internally. These are delimited at the north, west and south by a low grass-covered bank, 0.5m wide by 0.3m high, and at the east by the enclosure wall. They are sited at the south end of a low natural ridge which extends from the structures to the north (DG089-018025-; DG089-018026-). The ground falls away to the west, south and south-cast. There is a large sub-rectangular field to the west of these structures. The location of these structures is approximate. (Walsh 1983, 55, Fig. 18, C)
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
- Hut siteunder 1 mi
- House - indeterminate dateunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.