Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Hut site
Ardpattan, County Donegal, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Ardpattan
- County
- Donegal
- Country
- Ireland
- First-edition OS map
- Not indicated
- Latest-edition OS map
- Not indicated
- Coordinates
- 54.53292, -8.16784
- SMR number
- DG103-057005-
Slide toward Today to fade the historical sheet and see the modern map underneath.
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Shown on 4 historical map sheets, the earliest the 1881 "Ireland to Illustrate the Military Condition of the Country." (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries).
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The National Monuments Service's description
An excavated hut site situated on the SE slopes of the ridge and cut back into rising ground. It is rectangular in ground plan 3.41m × 3.79m with an entrance to the S and an entrance passage. c. 3-95m in length. (Davies site E).
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.
References
Davies, O. 1942 The Twomile stone, a prehistoric community in County Donegal. Journal of the Royal Society of Antiquaries of Ireland 72, 98-105.
Nearby in the register
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.