Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Hut site
Málainn Bhig, County Donegal, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Málainn Bhig
- County
- Donegal
- Country
- Ireland
- First-edition OS map
- NULL
- Latest-edition OS map
- NULL
- Coordinates
- 54.66121, -8.77956
- SMR number
- DG089-019002-
Slide toward Today to fade the historical sheet and see the modern map underneath.
David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford LibrariesLionel Pincus and Princess Firyal Map Division, The New York Public LibraryDavid Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford LibrariesDavid Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford LibrariesDavid Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries
Shown on 5 historical map sheets, the earliest the 1702 "A chart of the NORTH-WEST coast of IRELAND from LOUGH SWILLY to SLYNE HEAD" (Lionel Pincus and Princess Firyal Map Division, The New York Public Library).
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The National Monuments Service's description
A small S-facing promontory known locally as 'Doon Point' or 'the fort' (DG089-019001-). The approaching narrow neck of land is traversed by a valley/fosse/ditch but there is no sign of any bank. There were a number of 'huts' on the promontory but these were cleared about the beginning of this century. The interior is now flat grassland sloping to the E with some evidence of recent cultivation.
The above description was derived from 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). In certain instances the entries have been revised and updated.
Date of upload: 22 September 2008
Nearby in the register
- Burial moundunder 1 mi
- Promontory fort - coastalunder 1 mi
- Standing stoneunder 1 mi
- Promontory fort - coastalunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.