Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Hut site
Reachlainn Uí Bhirn, County Donegal, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Reachlainn Uí Bhirn
- County
- Donegal
- Country
- Ireland
- Coordinates
- 54.66365, -8.82634
- SMR number
- DG089-018028-
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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
Two structures (DG089-018027-, DG089-018028-), probably hut-sites, flank the entrance to the outer enclosure (Walsh 1983, 55, Fig. 18, D). That to the north is very ruined and has a sub-circular interior diameter of c. 2m. It is located on the inner side of the enclosure wall and was entered from the east. This structure is linked by a wall to the main inner enclosure to the north-east. (Walsh 1983, 55, Fig. 18, D northern)
Compiled by: Paul Walsh
Date of upload: 2 February 2014
Image DG089-018028-_01 (taken 21 July 1983): a view looking east with the remains of a house site (DG089-018013-) in the foreground and two others (DG089-018028- right and DG089-018029- left) in the background.
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
- Field systemunder 1 mi
- Hut siteunder 1 mi
- Kilnunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.