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Internal diam. 21.8m N-S, 24m WSW-ENE. A circular earthen platform from .2m to 2.85m above the surrounding land is enclosed by an earthen bank up to 1.15m in height. The bank is absent in the NE quadrant where the site has been divided by a field wall. On the SW side of the site there is evidence on the bank for a revetment and possibly for a stone wall built on top of the bank. There is evidence for a well on the exterior slope of the bank on the SSW side. Inside the angle of the field wall in the NE sector is an arc of earthen bank 1.9m in width. The rest of the interior is flat. A report (DHS 1973) of traces of a collapsed souterrain (DG097-002002-) were not substantiated on this occasion. The site is located on a low hill in undulating topography. The low ground is marshy and the higher a mixture of good and rough grazing land.
The above description was derived from the 'Archaeological Survey of County Donegal. A description of the field antiquities of the County from the Mesolithic Period to the 17th century.' Compiled by: Brian Lacey with Eamon Cody, Claire Cotter, Judy Cuppage, Noel Dunne, Vincent Hurley, Celie O'Rahilly, Paul Walsh and Seán Ó Nualláin (Lifford: Donegal County Council, 1983). In certain instances the entries have been revised and updated.
Date of upload: 22 September 2008
Excavation licence number 00E0177
Testing was conducted on the site of the proposed development of a detached dwelling-house, septic tank and driveway in the townland of Drumbarity, Co. Donegal, approximately 1km north-west of Killybegs. The proposed development involved the excavation of a 4m-wide strip for the construction of a driveway and further excavations for the dwelling-house foundation and septic tank. Testing was carried out on 15 April 2000. Using a wide, toothless trenching bucket, five test-trenches were excavated. The bedrock and natural, brown/ grey, gravelly subsoil were sealed by a series of deposits of sandy silts, gravels and clays. These strata in turn underlay sod and topsoil. Nothing of archaeological significance was noted. (Excavations Bulletin 2000)
Declan Moore, 9 Clareden Drive, Donegal.
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