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
- Not indicated
- Coordinates
- 54.65821, -8.73862
- SMR number
- DG089-026019-
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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
In poorly drained rushy covered mountain pasture, in small river valley, on the SE facing slope of Leahan Mountain with views of the sea to the S and Slieve League to the W. Situated on heather covered rough pasture overlooking mountain stream to SW and W. One of five conjoined rectangular shaped huts orientated on a NE-SW line (DG089-026017-021) with a conjoined circular hut site (DG089-026015-) 10m to SW and rectangular hut site (DG 089-026016-) 10m to S. The third hut site from the SW end of five conjoined hut sites consists of a rectangular area (int. dims. 2.6m x 2.35m; wall T 0.9m; H 0.4m) defined by a low heather covered drystone wall which survives two to four courses high with no clear entrance feature visible. Located in an area of a dense concentration of hut sites which appear to make up a clustered settlement (DG089-026001/021).
Nearby in the register
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.