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
- 54.53268, -8.16793
- SMR number
- DG103-059----
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4 historical maps cover this location, the earliest the 1881 map "Ireland to Illustrate the Military Condition of the Country." (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries).
Historical maps covering this location
- 1881 · Ireland to Illustrate the Military Condition of the Country. (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
- 1891 · Ireland 16 (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
- 1904 · Sheet 4. (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
- 1922 · Ireland - northern section. (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
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The National Monuments Service's description
In pasture, located on a terrace on the S-facing slope of Twomilestone ridge. This is the approximate location of a hut site first recorded by Davies (1942, 100), one of several hut sites (see also DG103-057005-, DG103-058----, DG103-060----, DG107-004003-) he found on the ridge. He designated it as ‘hut f’ and recorded it as follows: ‘Hut f, which is barely traceable, is circular and about 9 yds. [8m] across.’ It was extant in 1981 when it was recorded by Lacy et al. (1983, 154, no. 923) as ‘A subcircular area defined by a scatter of grass-covered stones, only barely discernible. The interior is level. It is situated just below the crest of Two Mile Ridge on its S side in rocky pasture land.’ The area was inspected in 2015; no visible trace of this possible hut site was evident.
Compiled by: Jane O'Shaughnessy
Date of upload: 5 September 2016
References
Lacy, B. with Cody, E., Cotter, C., Cuppage, J., Dunne, N., Hurley, V., O'Rahilly, C., Walsh, P. and Ó Nualláin, S. 1983 Archaeological Survey of County Donegal. A description of the field antiquities of the County from the Mesolithic Period to the 17th century A.D. Lifford. Donegal County Council.
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
- Hut siteunder 1 mi
- Hut siteunder 1 mi
- Hut siteunder 1 mi
- Field systemunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.