Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Hut site
An Seanbhaile, County Donegal, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- An Seanbhaile
- County
- Donegal
- Country
- Ireland
- First-edition OS map
- NULL
- Latest-edition OS map
- Not indicated
- Coordinates
- 54.63933, -8.65777
- SMR number
- DG096-033----
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
Situated on NE facing slope of rising ground in upland are with Aghragh Stream immediately to the S. Possible hut site indicated by three contiguous orthostats (avg. H 0.8m; Wth 0.45m) at NW and a single orthostat at SE with an earthen bank at W defining a roughly rectangular sunken area (1.9m x 1.7m) which may represent the remains of a possible hut site.
Nearby in the register
- Bullaun stoneunder 1 mi
- Field boundaryunder 1 mi
- Ringfort - rathunder 1 mi
- Megalithic tomb - unclassifiedunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.