Known as Mín na Saileach 5, this modest structure measures five metres long by just over three metres wide on the outside, with its rubble stone and sod walls creating a much smaller interior space of 2.7 by 1.6 metres. The walls, averaging 65 centimetres in height and nearly a metre thick, have partially collapsed inward over the centuries, giving the entire structure a distinctive bowl shape beneath its covering of moss and bracken.

The hut occupies a slight terrace above waterlogged ground, built directly into the slope with what appears to be an entrance facing southwest. Its location is particularly evocative, sitting in a valley through which flows the Sruthán na mBothóg, whose Irish name translates to ‘Stream of the Huts’, suggesting this wasn’t the only dwelling that once stood here. The name hints at a lost landscape of similar structures that once dotted this highland valley, though this particular example is one of the few that remain visible today.

Archaeological documentation by Dr Eugene Costello in 2016 revealed the hut’s east to west alignment and its careful positioning on the landscape, taking advantage of the natural terrace whilst avoiding the boggy ground immediately to the east. While its exact age and purpose remain uncertain, the structure represents the kind of vernacular architecture that once sheltered generations of people living and working in these upland areas of Donegal, whether as seasonal dwellings for herders, hunting shelters, or permanent homes for those eking out a living from the marginal lands.