Between 2000 and 2001, excavations revealed five stone structures, including vernacular cottages with drystone walls, clay floors, and cobbled areas. The buildings, measuring approximately 15 metres by 5 metres, featured practical domestic elements such as chimney embrasures, fireplaces, and internal divisions. Structure 1, the most intact example, contained two rooms...
Building, Glebe, Killybegs, Co. Donegal
The excavation, carried out in 2001 ahead of pier development works, revealed five stone structures in varying states of decay, along with cultivation ridges known as lazy-beds and an old boundary wall. The discovery offers a tangible glimpse into the early colonial period when English and Scottish settlers were encouraged...
House – 16th/17th century, An Fhothair, An Ardaidh, Co. Donegal
Originally part of a 2,000-acre grant to Tirlagh Roe O'Boyle in 1611, the estate witnessed the construction of its first substantial dwelling by 1619, when O'Boyle was recorded as living in 'a good bawn and a house of lime and stone'. This early structure, described in 1622 as a clay...
Booley hut, Edergole (Lough Eask Ed), Co. Donegal
The discovery began when Regional Environmental Manager John Williams spotted unusual features during tree harvesting in Edergole townland, approximately 9km northeast of Donegal town. What started as the identification of a single site quickly expanded into something far more significant; as the trees came down and the landscape opened up,...
Structure, Creeveoughter, Co. Donegal
The site consists of several stone features scattered across the landscape, with the most prominent being a small hut-like structure measuring 5 metres east to west and 4 metres north to south. This curious dwelling is defined by earthen banks on three sides, whilst its southern edge features three upright...