Hut site

The National Monuments Service's description

'Dunacludean'. A subcircular area (DG107-016001-) formerly enclosed by a collapsed stone wall now only surviving in parts. A section of a second wall can be detected in the SW sector. A field fence skirts and trims the monument on the NE. A gap through the S could be an entrance but it would be impossible to say with certainty. A souterrain (DG107-106002-) is open in three places within the cashel. None of these appear to be the original entrance. A stone-built main passage runs E-W and opens into a large chamber slightly W of the cashel centre. Shorter subsidiary passages seem to run off to E and W at a point where the floor is 1.5m below ground level. NE and SW of the souterrain are two circular 'hut' foundations. In the E section lies a large stone with a circular depression. W of the cashel are the possible remains of an old field system. It is situated on elevated ground overlooking the Erne Estuary and Donegal Bay.

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