Outbuilding in Ballymagaraghy

Detached two-bay single-storey vernacular outbuilding, built c. 1780. Pitched rounded straw thatched roof with rope netting restraint and timber rope stays to eaves. Whitewashed random rubble walls. Modern tank to gable. Square-headed door openings with stone lintels and timber door-frame. Set to north of derelict single-storey thatched house. Located to the north-east of settlement.

Although thatched houses are an increasingly rare type, thatched outbuildings are particularly rare. This structure retains its intrinsic scale and form. The rounded pitched roof is designed to minimise the impact of high winds, demonstrating the subtle adaptation of more common thatch detail to accommodate local climatic variations in exposed areas such as the Inishowen peninsula. It is marked on the Ordnance Survey first edition six-inch map of c. 1837, forming part of an extensive, named, vernacular clachan settlement.