This multi-period dwelling served as the ancestral home of the Stewart family from 1700, when Captain Charles Stewart acquired the property, until Lindesay Stewart sold it in 1934. Since then, the house has remained unoccupied, quietly weathering the decades whilst retaining its distinctive character. The structure reveals a fascinating architectural...
Sweathouse, Largymore, Co. Donegal
This roughly circular sunken structure, measuring just over 2 metres by 2.5 metres internally, has been carved into the rising ground and enclosed by earthen banks that still show traces of stone facing. A narrow entrance, less than a metre wide, opens westward towards a stream that runs immediately below,...
Sweathouse, Largymore, Co. Donegal
This roughly circular sunken structure, measuring about 2.75 metres across, was carefully built into the rising ground with earthen banks reinforced by stone facing on the interior. A narrow opening, just half a metre wide, faces west towards a stream that runs immediately below. The structure's deliberate positioning; built into...
Sweathouse, Largymore, Co. Donegal
This roughly circular sunken structure, measuring about 2 metres by 2.2 metres internally, has been cleverly built into the hillside's western face. The remains of an earthen bank with traces of interior stone facing create a recessed chamber, whilst a possible entrance, roughly 0.8 metres wide, opens westward towards a...
House – vernacular house, Beifleacht, Co. Donegal
To reach this remote farmstead, visitors must venture approximately 1.2 kilometres along a bog road that branches south from the R254, the main route through the park. The site overlooks the valley to the south and east, whilst higher ground rises to the north and west, creating a naturally sheltered...