The site, excavated by Brian O’Donnchadha of I.A.C. Ltd under licence 04E0012, sits at the base of a valley near Donegal Bay, with a stream marking its southern edge. The landscape here tells its own story; glacial subsoil slopes sharply downward beneath the peat bog that covers the western portion of the field, suggesting this area may once have been a lakeshore during ancient times.

The main discovery consists of an irregular, shallow pit containing numerous fragments of cremated human bone, indicating this was likely a burial site. Above the pit, archaeologists found a scatter of worked stone tools spread across an area of 140 metres. This lithic assemblage included 23 pieces of chert debitage; evidence of stone tool production including cores, flakes, blades and the waste material left behind from the knapping process. Rather than representing a concentrated workshop area, these finds appear to be dispersed stray pieces, perhaps dropped or discarded over time as people moved through the landscape.

The combination of burial and stone tool evidence paints a picture of repeated human use of this valley location, possibly drawn by its proximity to water and sheltered position. The chert knapping debris suggests people were manufacturing tools here, whilst the cremation burial shows they also chose this spot to commemorate their dead. Together, these finds offer a glimpse into the lives of Donegal’s prehistoric inhabitants, who left their mark on this landscape thousands of years before the modern roads that led to its discovery.