Malin More

231 registered freehold parcels lie mostly in Malin More, from 9 m² to 3,978,790 m² (397.88 ha, 983.18 acres). The dashed line is the townland's boundary. 15 neighbouring parcels touch it.

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No zone of a development plan covers Malin More in the national zoning. Outside zoned towns and villages, the county development plan's rural policies apply to each application.

Source: Tailte Éireann and the Department of Housing (MyPlan), national zoning, CC BY 4.0.

• 8 Jul 2026Conditional

  CONSTRUCTION OF A DOMESTIC GARAGE ADJACENT TO THE EXISTING DWELLING HOUSE AND ASSOCIATED SITE WORKS

  Permission · Donegal County Council, 2661266

• 11 May 2026N/a

  CHANGE OF HOUSE TYPE FROM THAT PREVIOUSLY GRANTED UNDER PLANNING REF. NO. 24/60564 AND ALL ASSOCIATED SITE DEVELOPMENT WORKS

  Permission, 1 home · Donegal County Council, 2660840

• 4 Feb 2026Conditional

  DWELLING HOUSE AND DOMESTIC VEHICULAR ENTRANCE, TOGETHER WITH ALL ASSOCIATED SITE DEVELOPMENT WORKS

  Retention, 1 home · Donegal County Council, 2660134

• 2 Oct 2025Conditional

  CONSTRUCTION OF AN ENTRANCE TO DWELLING HOUSE

  Permission · Donegal County Council, 2561718

• 28 Sept 2025N/a

  CONSTRUCTION OF AN ENTRANCE TO DWELLING HOUSE

  Permission · Donegal County Council, 2561680

• 29 Jun 2025Conditional

  CONSTRUCTION OF A DOMESTIC GARAGE TO SIDE AND REAR OF EXISTING DWELLING AND ALL ASSOCIATED SITE WORKS

  Permission · Donegal County Council, 2561094

• 26 May 2025Conditional

  CONSTRUCTION OF EXTENSION TO DWELLING HOUSE AND INSTALLATION OF WASTEWATER TREATMENT SYSTEM AND PERCOLATION AREA

  Permission · Donegal County Council, 2560844

• 17 Apr 2025Conditional

  (1) CONSTRUCTION OF (A) EXTENSION TO EXISTING DWELLING HOUSE TO THE SIDE AND REAR TO INCLUDE MINOR INTERNAL CHANGES AND (B) 2 NO. DORMER TYPE WINDOWS AND EXTENSION OF EXISTING ATTIC ACCOMMODATION AND (2) MINOR ELEVATIONAL CHANGES TO THE FRONT OF EXISTING DWELLING, ALL IN-LIEU OF PREVIOUSLY PERMITTED DEVELOPMENT GRANTED UNDER PLANNING REF. NO. 21/50446

  Permission · Donegal County Council, 2560604

• 2 Apr 2025N/a

  (1) DEMOLITION OF EXISTING SHED ON PROPOSED ACCESS ROUTE, (2) CONSTRUCTION OF A NEW DWELLING HOUSE, DOMESTIC GARAGE, PROPRIETARY SEWERAGE TREATMENT SYSTEM AND PERCOLATION AREA AND (3) ALL ASSOCIATED SITE WORKS

  Permission, 1 home · Donegal County Council, 2560484

• 24 Mar 2025Conditional

  DEMOLITION OF EXISTING DERELICT DWELLING AND CONSTRUCTION OF NEW DWELLING TOGETHER WITH WASTEWATER TREATMENT PLANT AND SOIL POLISHING FILTER AND ALL ASSOCIATED SITE WORKS

  Permission, 1 home · Donegal County Council, 2560425

• 12 Mar 2025N/a

  CONSTRUCTION OF EXTENSION TO DWELLING HOUSE

  Permission · Donegal County Council, 2560351

• 1 Feb 2025Conditional

  CONSTRUCTION OF EXTENSION TO THE REAR AND SIDE OF EXISTING DWELLING HOUSE AND ASSOCIATED SITE WORKS

  Permission · Donegal County Council, 2560118

• 7 Sept 2024Conditional

  EXTENSION TO THE FRONT OF THE EXISTING DWELLING HOUSE AND ASSOCIATED SITE WORKS

  Permission · Donegal County Council, 2461379

• 23 Apr 2024Conditional

  ERECTION OF A DWELLING HOUSE WITH SEWERAGE TREATMENT SYSTEM AND ALL ASSOCIATED SITE DEVELOPMENT WORKS. A NATURA IMPACT STATEMENT (NIS) ACCOMPANIES THE APPLICATION

  Permission, 1 home · Donegal County Council, 2460564

• 8 Mar 2024Refused

  DEMOLITION OF EXISTING DERELICT DWELLING AND CONSTRUCTION OF NEW DORMER STYLE DWELLING TOGETHER WITH WASTEWATER TREATMENT PLANT AND SOIL POLISHING FILTER AND ALL ASSOCIATED SITE WORKS

  Permission, 1 home · Donegal County Council, 2460293

• 21 Feb 2024N/a

  DEMOLITION OF EXISTING DERELICT DWELLING AND CONSTRUCTION OF NEW DORMER STYLE DWELLING TOGETHER WITH WASTEWATER TREATMENT PLANT AND SOIL POLISHING FILTER AND ALL ASSOCIATED SITE WORKS

  Permission, 1 home · Donegal County Council, 2460183

• 24 Jan 2024N/a

  CONSTRUCTION OF AN EXTENSION TO DWELLING HOUSE

  Permission · Donegal County Council, 2460033

• 19 Jan 2022Conditional

  (1) DEMOLITION OF EXISTING ATTACHED GARAGE (2) CONSTRUCTION OF AN EXTENSION TO EXISTING DWELLING (3) MINOR ELEVATIONAL CHANGES TO EXISTING DWELLING (4) ALL ASSOCIATED SITE WORKS

  Permission · Donegal County Council, 2250040

• 4 May 2021Conditional

  (1) DECOMMISSIONING OF EXISTING SEPTIC TANK (2) INSTALLATION OF A NEW WASTEWATER TREATMENT SYSTEM AND SOIL POLISHING FILTER AND ALL ASSOCIATED SITE WORKS

  Permission · Donegal County Council, 2150821

• 11 Mar 2021Conditional

  (1) DEMOLITION OF EXISTING DWELLING HOUSE WITH ATTACHED DOMESTIC GARAGE (2) DECOMMISSIONING OF EXISTING SEPTIC TANK SYSTEM (3) ERECTION OF REPLACEMENT DWELLING HOUSE WITH NEW SEWAGE TREATMENT SYSTEM, DOMESTIC GARAGE WITH STUDIO AND ALL ASSOCIATED SITE DEVELOPMENT WORKS

  Permission, 1 home · Donegal County Council, 2150446

• 4 Mar 2020Conditional

  CONSTRUCTION OF A NEW SLATTED SHEEP HOUSING SHED WITH UNDERGROUND TANK, AND ASSOCIATED SITE WORKS

  Permission · Donegal County Council, 2050262

• 28 Jan 2019Unconditional

  CONSTRUCTION OF AN ACCESS ROAD, DWELLING HOUSE, SEPTIC TANK, PERCOLATION AREA AND ALL ASSOCIATED SITE WORKS

  Extension of duration, 1 home · Donegal County Council, 1950097

• 28 Jan 2019Unconditional

  CONSTRUCTION OF AN ACCESS ROAD, DWELLING HOUSE, SEPTIC TANK, PERCOLATION AREA AND ALL ASSOCIATED SITE WORKS

  Extension of duration, 1 home · Donegal County Council, 1950098

Source: National Planning Applications, Department of Housing, Local Government and Heritage, CC BY 4.0. Applicants are not shown.

Designated sites

• Special Area of Conservation: Slieve League SAC 000189
• Special Protection Area: West Donegal Coast SPA 004150
• Proposed Natural Heritage Area: Lough Unna/Lough Unshagh Bogs 000167
• Proposed Natural Heritage Area: Slieve League 000189

Recorded monuments

• DG089-001 Enclosure
  Description

  There is no sign of the single-ringed enclosure shown on the 2nd edition of the OS 6-inch maps. It was located at the W end of a ridge halfway up the N side of Malin More valley in rough pasture. 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

• DG089-002 Enclosure
  Description

  There is no sign of the single-ringed enclosure shown on the 2nd edition of the OS 6-inch maps. It was located in an area of fairly good pasture on the N side of Malin More valley. 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 02E1433 An eighteen-hole golf-course attached to Óstán Ghleann Cholm Cille is being developed. The townland is rich in megalithic tombs, one of which, a six-chamber complex, is in the valley bottom below the hotel. In 1974 Flanagan (1977) discovered pre-bog field walls to the east of the hotel. Two monuments are within the property, SMR 89:2, an enclosure site, and SMR 89:3, pre-bog field wall(s). Three trenches were opened. Two, both 55m long and 2m wide, revealed c. 1m of bog over the natural, undisturbed ground, which had occasional stones in its surface make-up. There were no indications of archaeology in these trenches. The third trench was 80m long and 1m wide at the bog surface, narrowing to c. 0.3m at the base of the bog. Above a break in the slope and about midway along the trench a pre-bog wall was encountered. There was 0.3m of bog over it, but turf cutting had taken place here. This wall was 1.8m wide at the base and 0.5m high. The white, grey and orange metamorphic stones varied in size. They were positioned in a somewhat linear and random fashion, as if dumped rather than built into a wall. Not enough was exposed to establish whether it was a collapsed wall or to decide how effective it would have been as a barrier. The direction of the wall suggests that it will not be interfered with by any golf-course development works. It will be left exposed as an archaeological feature. Analysis of aerial photographs is continuing, to see whether this exposed wall can be identified and whether more walls are visible where the bog has been cut away. The enclosure site is behind the hotel, and two tees and one green were proposed for two fields here. There is no trace of an enclosure above ground. This field has seen considerable activity over the last two centuries, as it served as the vegetable garden for the coastguard station from the mid-19th century and for the hotel since 1932. Test-trenches were opened away from the supposed enclosure site to release ground for greens and tees around this field. A 35m east-north-east/west-south-west trench was opened in the field between the hotel and the golf-course. This trench could not be continued westward as several services passed through it. A further section was opened in the south-west part of this field, where there was a bank of clay. The presence of a buried car engine dated this bank. An east-west trench was opened across the proposed new area for the eighteenth green. This trench was 40m long and north of the supposed enclosure. Nothing of significance was noted. No archaeology was revealed during monitoring of the preparation works for the golf-course on the hillside behind the hotel in December 2002 and up to the end of January 2003. Development works will take place over two years and will be monitored. (Excavations Bulletin 2002) Reference Flanagan, L.N.W. 1977 Peat, forest and field systems in SW Donegal. Irish Archaeological Research Forum 4 (1), 31-5. Martin A. Timoney, Bóthar an Chorainn, Keash, Co. Sligo. Excavation licence number 02E1433 The development works for an eighteen-hole golf course on a 130-acre site, about two-fifths of which is bogland, on the exposed peninsula of Malin More, Glencolumbkille, Co. Donegal, have been ongoing since 2002. Occasional site inspections of finalising works in the 'Rear of Hotel' section, on a hillside rising from the road through Malin More, the 'Valley' section, through which the road to Glencolumbkille goes, and the 'Eastern' section took place. Works have not yet begun in the 'Western' section. There were no further discoveries to those noted in previous years (Excavations 2002, No. 429; Excavations 2003, No. 423). (Excavations Bulletin 2004) Martin A. Timoney, B—thar an Chorainn, Keash, Co. Sligo.

• DG089-003 Field boundary
  Description

  A stretch of field wall c. 225m in length in an area of cut-away but regenerating peat (Flanagan 1977A, 31-35). The stones have their long axis set transversely to the line of the wall. They are not continuous or evenly spaced. Slightly S of the W end of the wall 8 stones, apparently a different group to those observed by Flanagan, may be part of another wall. The wall is situated on the N slope of Malinmore valley running along the contour. 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 02E1433 An eighteen-hole golf-course attached to Óstán Ghleann Cholm Cille is being developed. The townland is rich in megalithic tombs, one of which, a six-chamber complex, is in the valley bottom below the hotel. In 1974 Flanagan (1977) discovered pre-bog field walls to the east of the hotel. Two monuments are within the property, SMR 89:2, an enclosure site, and SMR 89:3, pre-bog field wall(s). Three trenches were opened. Two, both 55m long and 2m wide, revealed c. 1m of bog over the natural, undisturbed ground, which had occasional stones in its surface make-up. There were no indications of archaeology in these trenches. The third trench was 80m long and 1m wide at the bog surface, narrowing to c. 0.3m at the base of the bog. Above a break in the slope and about midway along the trench a pre-bog wall was encountered. There was 0.3m of bog over it, but turf cutting had taken place here. This wall was 1.8m wide at the base and 0.5m high. The white, grey and orange metamorphic stones varied in size. They were positioned in a somewhat linear and random fashion, as if dumped rather than built into a wall. Not enough was exposed to establish whether it was a collapsed wall or to decide how effective it would have been as a barrier. The direction of the wall suggests that it will not be interfered with by any golf-course development works. It will be left exposed as an archaeological feature. Analysis of aerial photographs is continuing, to see whether this exposed wall can be identified and whether more walls are visible where the bog has been cut away. The enclosure site is behind the hotel, and two tees and one green were proposed for two fields here. There is no trace of an enclosure above ground. This field has seen considerable activity over the last two centuries, as it served as the vegetable garden for the coastguard station from the mid-19th century and for the hotel since 1932. Test-trenches were opened away from the supposed enclosure site to release ground for greens and tees around this field. A 35m east-north-east/west-south-west trench was opened in the field between the hotel and the golf-course. This trench could not be continued westward as several services passed through it. A further section was opened in the south-west part of this field, where there was a bank of clay. The presence of a buried car engine dated this bank. An east-west trench was opened across the proposed new area for the eighteenth green. This trench was 40m long and north of the supposed enclosure. Nothing of significance was noted. No archaeology was revealed during monitoring of the preparation works for the golf-course on the hillside behind the hotel in December 2002 and up to the end of January 2003. Development works will take place over two years and will be monitored. (Excavations Bulletin 2002) Reference Flanagan, L.N.W. 1977 Peat, forest and field systems in SW Donegal. Irish Archaeological Research Forum 4 (1), 31-5. Martin A. Timoney, Bóthar an Chorainn, Keash, Co. Sligo. Excavation licence number 02E1433 The development works for an eighteen-hole golf course on a 130-acre site, about two-fifths of which is bogland, on the exposed peninsula of Malin More, Glencolumbkille, Co. Donegal, have been ongoing since 2002. Occasional site inspections of finalising works in the 'Rear of Hotel' section, on a hillside rising from the road through Malin More, the 'Valley' section, through which the road to Glencolumbkille goes, and the 'Eastern' section took place. Works have not yet begun in the 'Western' section. There were no further discoveries to those noted in previous years (Excavations 2002, No. 429; Excavations 2003, No. 423). (Excavations Bulletin 2004) Martin A. Timoney, B—thar an Chorainn, Keash, Co. Sligo.

• DG089-004 Megalithic tomb - portal tomb
  Description

  This monument (National Monument no. 139 (4) in state care) is one of seven megalithic tombs (Dg. 90-96) in this townland located on either the N side or the floor of a shallow valley opening onto the N end of Malin Bay. This is the westernmost of three portal tombs (see also Dg. 93 and Dg. 94) on the N side of the valley and stands on grass-grown boggy ground 450m N of a stream that flows westward along the valley. There is a good outlook from the site. The monument consists of two elements c. 5m apart. The eastern element is represented by four large slabs bearing on each other. The western one consists of two opposed slabs leaning against each other. The largest of the four stones of the eastern structure is to the N. The indications are that it may have originally roofed the collapsed chamber. It leans southward and rests against the northern edge of the westernmost of the other three stones. This stone, which it is suggested may have formed the back of the chamber, in turn leans markedly eastward but otherwise appears to be in its original position. It rests against a prostrate slab that in turn overlies one end of another. Both of these may be fallen portal-stones that stood upright opposite each other at the front of the chamber. The northern one now overlies the southern one. The northern end of each of these is thought likely to have been set in the ground. The displaced roofstone measures 3.8m by at least 1.85m and is 0.5m thick. The leaning backstone, which is aligned N-S, is 2.2m long at its base and 0.7m thick and would stand 2.1m high if upright. The top of this stone slopes down somewhat from S to N. The upper one of the two slabs to the E of this measures 2.9m from base to top and when in position would have been 1.1m long by 0.5m thick. The lower slab, when in position, would have measured 0.7m by 0.6m at its presumed base, broadened slightly to mid-height and from there narrowed to 0.35m by 0.3m at the top. This stone measures 3m from base to top. It seems clear that the four slabs are the remains of an E-facing portal tomb chamber. The two leaning slabs of the western element lie E and W of each other. They are 1.3m apart at ground level, but their tops meet. The western one, which leans only slightly, is 1.8m long and 0.5m thick and would stand 1.2m high if upright. It is somewhat gabled in outline and seems to be a set stone. It may have been the backstone of a chamber. The eastern stone leans at an angle of c. 45 degrees. It measures 2.2m by 1.5m and is up to 0.8m thick. It is clearly displaced. Its original role is unclear, but it may have been a roofstone. The original nature of this element is unclear, but it too may have been a portal tomb chamber. If so, the indications are that it faced eastward. Occasional stones at the surface in the vicinity of and between the two structures may represent the remains of a cairn. Thomas Fagan (1845-8), who visited the site in 1847, noted that both elements, then in their present ruined state, stood in a 'paved causeway', and Norman Moore (1872) noted a short ridge, from which several stones protruded, between the two. Fagan 1845-8, book 20, 7-8; N. Moore 1872, 524 (at C); Anon. 1890-91a, 261 ('passing another cromlech in the fields to our right' seems to refer); Borlase 1897, 249, under Banagh nos. 9-20 (paragraph beginning 'At some little distance further down the glen...'); Killanin and Duignan 1967, 292; Ó Nualláin 1968a, 298, no. 15; Herity 1971, 28, no. 33; Ó Nualláin 1983a, 54, no. 199; Ó Nualláin 1983b, 95, Donegal no. 19; SMR 1987, 89:4; Killanin and Duignan 1989, 193; Ó Nualláin 1989, 124; Herity 1990, 49, no. 37; RMP 1995, 89:4. The above description was published in the 'Survey of the Megalithic Tombs of Ireland. Volume VI, County Donegal.' Compiled by: Eamon Cody (Dublin: Stationery Office, 2002). Date of upload: 22 September 2008 See linked document with details from Eamon Cody, Survey of the Megalithic Tombs of Ireland. Volume VI. County Donegal. (Dublin: Stationery Office, 2002)

• DG089-005 Megalithic tomb - portal tomb
  Description

  This monument (National Monument no. 139 (4) in state care) is one of the three portal tombs on the N side of the valley opening onto the N end of Malin Bay. It is lkm ESE of the westernmost of the three (Dg. 90), just 100m NW of the other (Dg. 94) and close to a dwelling-house in pasture broken by rock outcrops. It marks the junction of three field walls that run to the E, S and W from it. The monument is greatly ruined, and only one orthostat, a portal-stone, remains in situ. This now leans slightly to the E. It is more or less rectangular in plan at the base and for around two-thirds of its height, and above that it narrows to a point. It would stand at least 2.5m high if upright. A displaced roofstone leans against the W end of this. This large slab measures 4.2m by 2.7m and is up to 0.7m thick. It overlies three displaced stones: one protrudes from beneath its eastern edge; the second protrudes from beneath its western edge; and the third, completely overlain, lies between the other two. These stones are further obscured by loose stones heaped beneath the roofstone. The easternmost of the three leans against the S face of the portal-stone. It measures 1.4m by at least 1.5m and is 0.4m thick. It would stand c. 1.5m high if upright. Its role is now unclear, but it may have served as a doorstone to the chamber. The prostrate stone protruding from beneath the western edge of the roofstone may have fallen westward. It is gabled in outline and may be the backstone of the chamber. It measures 2.3m N-S, is c. 0.3m thick and would have stood at least 1.3m high. The third stone here, which is completely overlain by the roofstone, is difficult to examine. It measures at least 1m in maximum dimension and seems to be c. 0.4m thick. The indications are that the extant portal-stone stood at the N side of the entrance to an ESE-facing chamber. If this was the case, the top of this stone sloped down toward the backstone. Thomas Fagan (1845-8) visited this monument in 1847. It appears from his account that it was then in its present state. He reported that a short time before his visit some large stones had been broken and dislodged, among them a 'pillar' 9 feet (c. 2.75m) high that had stood close to the surviving portal-stone. A 'few yards' to the SE of the tomb there were, according to Fagan, the ruins of an enclosure measuring 15 yards (c. 13.7m) by 13 yards (c. 11.9m), bounded by a thick stone wall, the base of which survived. This feature, which he considered might also be a 'place of sepulture', cannot be identified today. Norman Moore (1872) claimed that there was another 'cromlech' of equal dimensions 10 yards (c. 9.15m) from the tomb described here, that a little to the S there were several stones on the ground, and that 40 yards (c. 36.5m) to the W there was a small 'chamber cromlech' and near it many mounds with stones projecting, possibly artificial. None of these additional features noted by Moore is apparent at the positions indicated, although the small 'chamber cromlech' may be the court tomb (Dg. 92) that stands 80m W of the tomb described here. Fagan 1845-8, book 20, 9-10; N. Moore 1872, 524 ('200 yards west in a straight line is a huge cromlech'); Borlase 1897, 249, under Banagh nos. 9-20; Killanin and Duignan 1967, 292; Ó Nualláin 1983a, 35, no. 67; Ó Nualláin 1983b, 95, Donegal no. 21; SMR 1987, 89:5; Ó Nualláin 1989, 124; Herity 1990, 49, no. 38; RMP 1995, 89:5. The above description was published in the 'Survey of the Megalithic Tombs of Ireland. Volume VI, County Donegal.' Compiled by: Eamon Cody (Dublin: Stationery Office, 2002). Date of upload: 22 September 2008 See linked document with details from Eamon Cody, Survey of the Megalithic Tombs of Ireland. Volume VI. County Donegal. (Dublin: Stationery Office, 2002) Excavation licence number 04E1109 The site for a house and associated works at Malin More, Glencolumbkille, Co. Donegal, was tested on 8 September 2004. The site is on the north slopes of Glen Malin. Some 45m to the north-north-west of the extremity of the development is SMR 89:6, Cloghacorra standing stone and a portal tomb. A further 50m away is SMR 89:5, a portal tomb. Inspection of the Cloghacorra standing stone and portal tomb recognised a stone-edged platform. Beside the standing stone on this platform is a small rectangular cairn, perhaps land clearance on a megalithic chamber. To the south there are indications of a much-reduced earthen field bank. The south (front) side of the site is covered in bog, the rear with a thin layer of soil derived from glacial deposits, which overlie the more stony glacial deposits on the metamorphic bedrock of this part of Donegal. The applicant had dug a percolation test-hole which proved there to be at least 3m of bog there. Two 4m-wide trenches, totalling 124.5m, were opened with a four-foot toothless bucket. Nothing of an archaeological nature, by way of find or feature, was found. (Excavations Bulletin 2004) Martin A. Timoney, B—thar an Chorainn, Keash, Co. Sligo.

• DG089-006001 Megalithic tomb - portal tomb
  Description

  This monument (National Monument no. 139 (4) in state care), 100m SE of the last (Dg. 93), stands in boggy ground on the northern slope of the valley opening onto Malin Bay. It commands a good outlook E and W along the valley, but rising ground restricts the view toward the N. The structure is quite ruined and partly concealed by field stones heaped around it. An upright portal-stone and a sidestone represent the S side of an E-facing chamber, originally c. 3m long. To the S is a large prostrate slab. To the N is another large displaced slab, which leans against the top of the sidestone. This slab, which may have formed the N side of the structure, overlies and partly hides a smaller prostrate slab, possibly the backstone of the chamber. Approximately 2.5m N of the portal-stone is a low set stone. This is 0.75m long, 0.2m thick and 0.3m high. Its function is unclear. The portal-stone, 2m high, narrows to the top. The sidestone is set outside this and leans against it. It is 1.1m high. The prostrate slab to the S, its southern edge grass grown, measures 2.7m by 1.8m and is 0.35m thick. This may have served as a roofstone. The displaced slab leaning against the N face of the sidestone is 2.7m in overall length, 0.3m thick at its northern end, which rests on the ground, and 0.1-0.15m thick at the southern end. If upright it would stand 1.6m high. The smaller slab beneath this is at least 0.9m in horizontal measurement and 0.3m thick. Thomas Fagan (1845-8) saw this monument in 1847, and his account indicates that it was then in its present state. He also stated that there were the 'ruins of an enclosed grave' at the base of the nearby standing stone [DG089-006002-] but provided no details. This standing stone is 2.05m high (Lacy 1983, 84). There is a heap of field stones beside it now but no indication of any structure. Fagan 1845-8, book 20, 11; N. Moore 1872, 524 ('The first of this group...'); Ferguson 1879, 121 (sketch); Anon. 1890-91a, 261 (fine cromlech used as a shelter for cattle); Borlase 1897, 240, 244, Banagh no. 2, and 249, Banagh nos. 9-20 (p. 240: 'In the same townland, on the opposite side of the road, are the remains of a dolmen, and near it a menhir'; p. 244: 'A monument was pointed out to me...'; p. 249: 'The first of this group is a chamber cromlech'); Killanin and Duignan 1967, 292; Ó Nualláin 1968a, 298, no. 17; Herity 1971, 28, no. 34; Ó Nualláin 1983a, 35, no. 68; Ó Nualláin 1983b, 95, Donegal no. 22; SMR 1987, 89:6; Ó Nualláin 1989, 124; Herity 1990, 50, no. 39; RMP 1995, 89:6. The above description was published in the 'Survey of the Megalithic Tombs of Ireland. Volume VI, County Donegal.' Compiled by: Eamon Cody (Dublin: Stationery Office, 2002). Date of upload: 22 September 2008 See linked document with details from Eamon Cody, Survey of the Megalithic Tombs of Ireland. Volume VI. County Donegal. (Dublin: Stationery Office, 2002)

• DG089-006002 Standing stone
  Description

  Marked 'Cloghacorra' on the 2nd and 3rd editions of the OS 6-inch maps, two stones (DG089-006002-; DG089-006003-) are shown. The site presently consists of one stone (DG089-006002-) 2.05m high, .76m N-S and 0.4m thick. 3m to the W is a cairn 15m NNE-SSW × 3m and 0.6m to .9m in height. The cairn is believed locally to be modern. The site is located in sloping poor 'pasture on the N side of Malin More valley 27.5m SSW of a portal tomb (dg089-006001-). 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.

• DG089-006003 Standing stone
  Description

  Marked 'Cloghacorra' on the 2nd and 3rd editions of the OS 6-inch maps, two stones (DG089-006002-; DG089-006003-) are shown. The site presently consists of one stone (DG089-006002-)2.05m high, .76m N-S and 0.4m thick. 3m to the W is a cairn 15m NNE-SSW × 3m and 0.6m to .9m in height. The cairn is believed locally to be modern. The site is located in sloping poor 'pasture on the N side of Malin More valley 27.5m SSW of a portal tomb. 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

• DG089-007001 Standing stone
  Description

  Norman Moore (1872, 521) drew attention to several piles of stones that lay to the W of the portal tomb complex (Dg. 91) in this townland. These, he suggested, were originally 'of the nature of the cromlechs'. One of the piles was identified by a tall stone. Borlase (1897, 245) noted two heaps of stones here, each with an upright stone at its centre, and suggested that they resembled cairns, often of 'Christian date', to which pilgrims added stones. The heap of stones with the tall stone rising above it noted by Moore is still extant. This stone, 1.9m high, forms the northern half of the W side of a rectangular cist measuring, internally, 1.3m N-S by 0.7m E-W. A single stone, 0.6m high, forms the E side, and there are single stones at either end, the northern one 0.65m high and the southern one c. 0.3m high. Adjacent to the SE corner of this cist are the remains of what appears to have been a second cist, the axis of which lies NNW-SSE. Only two stones of this remain. A single leaning stone, 0.75m high if upright, forms the southern end, and another, 0.45m high, forms the western side. Just E of this are two low set stones, both of uncertain function. The two adjoining cists stand toward the southern end of a heap of stones, at least some of which were gathered from the fields, measuring c. 14m NNW-SSE by 4.3m in greatest width and reaching c. 1m in maximum height. The monument stands on ground falling to the N amid pasture broken by outcropping rock and scattered stones. N. Moore 1872, 521; Borlase 1897, 245, under Banaghnos. 3-8; Herity 1990, 51, no.44; SMR 1987, 89:7; RMP 1995, 89:7. The above description was published in the 'Survey of the Megalithic Tombs of Ireland. Volume VI, County Donegal.' Compiled by: Eamon Cody (Dublin: Stationery Office, 2002). Date of upload: 22 September 2008

• DG089-007002 Cairn - unclassified
  Description

  Norman Moore (1872, 521) drew attention to several piles of stones that lay to the W of the portal tomb complex (Dg. 91) in this townland. These, he suggested, were originally 'of the nature of the cromlechs'. One of the piles was identified by a tall stone. Borlase (1897, 245) noted two heaps of stones here, each with an upright stone at its centre, and suggested that they resembled cairns, often of 'Christian date', to which pilgrims added stones. The heap of stones with the tall stone rising above it noted by Moore is still extant. This stone, 1.9m high, forms the northern half of the W side of a rectangular cist measuring, internally, 1.3m N-S by 0.7m E-W. A single stone, 0.6m high, forms the E side, and there are single stones at either end, the northern one 0.65m high and the southern one c. 0.3m high. Adjacent to the SE corner of this cist are the remains of what appears to have been a second cist, the axis of which lies NNW-SSE. Only two stones of this remain. A single leaning stone, 0.75m high if upright, forms the southern end, and another, 0.45m high, forms the western side. Just E of this are two low set stones, both of uncertain function. The two adjoining cists stand toward the southern end of a heap of stones, at least some of which were gathered from the fields, measuring c. 14m NNW-SSE by 4.3m in greatest width and reaching c. 1m in maximum height. The monument stands on ground falling to the N amid pasture broken by outcropping rock and scattered stones. N. Moore 1872, 521; Borlase 1897, 245, under Banaghnos. 3-8; Herity 1990, 51, no.44; SMR 1987, 89:7; RMP 1995, 89:7. The above description was published in the 'Survey of the Megalithic Tombs of Ireland. Volume VI, County Donegal.' Compiled by: Eamon Cody (Dublin: Stationery Office, 2002). Date of upload: 22 September 2008

• DG089-008 Megalithic tomb - portal tomb
  Description

  This, the westernmost of the seven megalithic tombs (National Monument no. 139 (4) in state care) in this townland, is 900m SW of the last (Dg. 90). It stands in pasture reclaimed from the bog on the floor of the valley opening onto the N end of Malin Bay, which is 500m to the W. There is a good outlook from the site to the W and N out to sea and to the E along the valley floor, but steeply rising ground nearby, the lowermost slopes below Leahan Mountain, restrict the view to the S and SE. The monument consists of a row of six megalithic chambers (DG089-008/001/002/003/004/005-) standing at irregular intervals over a distance of 100m. They are in two separate fields, three in each, just S of a narrow road and are here numbered 1 to 6 from W to E. The four intermediate chambers are in a line, running more or less E-W, c. 5m N of and parallel to a line linking the larger terminal chambers. Chamber Nos. 1, 2, 3 and 6 are portal tomb chambers; No. 5, though very ruined, seems also to have been one, but the original design of No. 4 is uncertain. The orientations of the four portal tomb chambers are as follows: No. 1 faces ENE; No. 2 faces SSE; No. 3 faces N; and No. 6 faces E. The orientation of No. 4 is uncertain, but in its present state it seems to have faced E. If, as suggested, the remains at No. 5 are those of a portal tomb chamber, it would have faced either E or W when intact. The distances between the chambers from W to E are 12m, 16m, 9m, 14m and 30m. The comparatively large gap between Nos. 5 and 6 suggests there may have been a further chamber between them. If there was such a chamber it may have fallen victim to the construction of the road adjacent to the complex. Thomas Fagan (1845-8), who visited the site in 1847, refers to the existence of seven chambers (see below under No. 1) but provides details of only those numbered 1, 3, 4, 5 and 6 here. He claimed that the chambers had stood in one long cairn that he estimated originally measured 100 yards (c. 91m) E-W and 20 yards (c. 18m) N-S. However, it was 'defaced' and 'partly under tillage and fences' when he saw it. A small, low, stony mound, referred to below, survives alongside the easternmost chamber (No. 6) and appears to be the remnant of a cairn. Apart from this, there is a light scatter of partly buried stones over much of the eastern half of the site, but excavation would be required to determine whether these represent an ancient cairn. The Board of Works carried out work at this site toward the end of the 19th century (see Introduction), but the annual reports of that body provide little information about its nature and extent (CPW 1886, 22; 1887, 24, 63; 1888, 24). Borlase's (1897, 244-8) charge that major alterations were made to the two larger chambers (Nos. 1 and 6) is considered below. The chambers No.1 The entrance to this chamber, at the ENE, is flanked by two longitudinally set portal-stones, in front of each of which is a set stone. The stone in front of the southern portal-stone is a tall pillar-like one, and the one in front of the northern portal-stone is very low and may be just the stump of a taller stone. The southern portal-stone, also tall, is intact. However, the northern one is broken, and only the stump remains in place. The detached part of this stone lies prostrate immediately to the N of the stump. A single sidestone forms the N side of the chamber. There are two sidestones on the S side: a small stone beside the portal-stone and a large one to the W of it. Outside the adjacent ends of the southern portal-stone and the small sidestone beside it is a low stone, 0.4m high. It is not clear whether this is a structural stone. The chamber is closed by an inward-leaning backstone set between the sidestones. A large pad-stone or corbel in a sloping position rests against the S end of the backstone, and another lies above its N end. A subsidiary roofstone covers that part of the chamber behind the portal-stones. The main roofstone of the chamber lies displaced in front of the portal-stones. Measured as it stands, it is c. 3.3m long and 3m high. What appears to have been the front end of the roofstone when in place above the chamber now rests directly on the ground. This, the heavier end of the stone, is c. 1.2m thick. It lessens to c. 0.8m at the opposite, now the skyward, end. The chamber, measured from the backstone to the outer ends of the portal-stones, is 3.2m long. It is c. 2m wide immediately behind the portal-stones and narrows to 1.7m at the back. It should be noted that rising ground level to the S of the chamber obscures the lower levels of the structure on the main sectional drawing. The stone in front of the southern portal-stone leans southward slightly. It is set transversely to the long axis of the portal- stone and is 2.4m high. The low stone in front of the northern portal-stone is set slightly askew to it and is 0.5m long, 0.1m thick and 0.2m high. The two portal-stones are 1.15m apart at their outer ends. The southern one, which is slightly overlapped by the small sidestone behind it, is 2.4m high. The stump of the northern portal- stone, set inside the line of the sidestone behind it, is 0.5m high. A pecked line on the plan indicates a vertical split in this stone. The detached part of this stone is 2.6m long. Thus, when intact, this portal-stone would have been c. 3m high. The northern sidestone decreases in height from 2m at its outer end to c. lm at its inner end. It leans against the edge of the backstone. This inward lean is accentuated by the slight concavity of its inner face. The outer one of the two sidestones on the S side of the chamber is 0.5m long, 0.1m thick and 0.4m high measured at its inner face. The inner sidestone at this side leans inward. It is clear that a piece, size unknown, has been broken from the top of this stone. It is 0.3m high at its outer end, rising to 0.5m at its inner end. The backstone is gabled in outline and 1.15m high. The corbel or pad-stone leaning against the southern edge of the last also leans against the adjacent sidestone. The base of the corbel is on the ground, and it rises just above the top of the backstone. The corbel measures 1.4m by 1.1m and is 0.3m thick. The corbel or pad-stone above the N end of the backstone rests in a more or less horizontal position on the southern corbel and on the northern sidestone. It measures 1.2m by lm by 0.1m thick. The subsidiary roofstone is 2.85m long (E-W), narrows from 2.1m wide at the front to 1.4m near its opposite end, and is 0.3m thick. It rests on the northern sidestone and on both corbels and slopes down from front to back. A small stone is wedged between the northern end of the backstone and the northern sidestone. This is shown on the cross-section accompanying the plan. Another small stone wedged between the top of the broken sidestone at the S and the southern end of the backstone is also shown on the sectional drawing. A third small stone, not on plan or section, is wedged between the roofstone and the northern edge of the northern corbel. This measures 0.2m by 0.15m by 0.1m thick. Borlase (1897, 245) claimed that the Board of Works constructed the roofed part of the chamber behind the portal-stones. This claim may have had its origins in his reliance on a brief and imprecise earlier account of the monument (N. Moore 1872, 521-2), which seems to have led him to the erroneous belief that the roofstone now in place behind the portal-stones had originally rested on the tall stones at the front (E end) of the structure. Fagan's account of the monument, the earliest available, describes it as 10 feet (c. 3.05m) long, 4-51/2 feet (c. 1.2-1.7m) wide and 2-4 feet (c. 0.6-1.2m) high. It is clear from his account that the front of the monument was then as it is now. Of that part of the monument behind the portal-stones, he observed that the 'western part of the grave is covered by a flag 10 feet [c. 3.05m] long, 6-7 feet [c. 1.8-2.15m] broad and l-11/2 fee

• DG089-008001 Megalithic tomb - portal tomb
  Description

  This, the westernmost of the seven megalithic tombs (National Monument no. 139 (4) in state care) in this townland, is 900m SW of the last (Dg. 90). It stands in pasture reclaimed from the bog on the floor of the valley opening onto the N end of Malin Bay, which is 500m to the W. There is a good outlook from the site to the W and N out to sea and to the E along the valley floor, but steeply rising ground nearby, the lowermost slopes below Leahan Mountain, restrict the view to the S and SE. The monument consists of a row of six megalithic chambers (DG089-008/001/002/003/004/005-) standing at irregular intervals over a distance of 100m. They are in two separate fields, three in each, just S of a narrow road and are here numbered 1 to 6 from W to E. The four intermediate chambers are in a line, running more or less E-W, c. 5m N of and parallel to a line linking the larger terminal chambers. Chamber Nos. 1, 2, 3 and 6 are portal tomb chambers; No. 5, though very ruined, seems also to have been one, but the original design of No. 4 is uncertain. The orientations of the four portal tomb chambers are as follows: No. 1 faces ENE; No. 2 faces SSE; No. 3 faces N; and No. 6 faces E. The orientation of No. 4 is uncertain, but in its present state it seems to have faced E. If, as suggested, the remains at No. 5 are those of a portal tomb chamber, it would have faced either E or W when intact. The distances between the chambers from W to E are 12m, 16m, 9m, 14m and 30m. The comparatively large gap between Nos. 5 and 6 suggests there may have been a further chamber between them. If there was such a chamber it may have fallen victim to the construction of the road adjacent to the complex. Thomas Fagan (1845-8), who visited the site in 1847, refers to the existence of seven chambers (see below under No. 1) but provides details of only those numbered 1, 3, 4, 5 and 6 here. He claimed that the chambers had stood in one long cairn that he estimated originally measured 100 yards (c. 91m) E-W and 20 yards (c. 18m) N-S. However, it was 'defaced' and 'partly under tillage and fences' when he saw it. A small, low, stony mound, referred to below, survives alongside the easternmost chamber (No. 6) and appears to be the remnant of a cairn. Apart from this, there is a light scatter of partly buried stones over much of the eastern half of the site, but excavation would be required to determine whether these represent an ancient cairn. The Board of Works carried out work at this site toward the end of the 19th century (see Introduction), but the annual reports of that body provide little information about its nature and extent (CPW 1886, 22; 1887, 24, 63; 1888, 24). Borlase's (1897, 244-8) charge that major alterations were made to the two larger chambers (Nos. 1 and 6) is considered below. The Chambers No. 2 (DG089-008001-) The entrance to this small chamber is at the SSE between two portal-stones. The western portal-stone is broken, and only its stump remains. The sides of the chamber are formed by single stones set outside the lines of the portal-stones. It is closed by a stone set between the ends of the sidestones. A roofstone has slipped westward and now rests on a slab, possibly a piece detached from its underside, which itself rests on the western sidestone. The portal-stones are 0.65m apart. The stump of the western one is 0.15m high. The intact eastern one is 1.2m high. This rises 0.5m above the outer end of the eastern sidestone, which leans against it. This sidestone is 0.7m high at its outer end, from where it declines to 0.15m at the inner end. The western sidestone slightly overlaps the stump of the adjacent portal-stone but does not touch it. It does, however, lean against the backstone. It is 0.3m high. The upright backstone, measured at its inner face, increases in height from 0.2m at its eastern edge to 0.35m at the western. The appearance of this stone suggests that a piece may have been detached from its top. Ground level outside the backstone is 0.2m below that in the chamber. The displaced roofstone measures 1.8m by 1.4m by 0.3m thick. The slab between it and the top of the western sidestone measures 1.7m by at least 0.6m and is 0.15m in maximum thickness. A stone, 0.7m by 0.5m by 0.4m (not on plan), which does not appear to have formed part of the structure, lies between the portal-stones. In addition some small stones lie in the chamber. This chamber, when intact, would have been just under 2m long. It narrows slightly from 1.05m just inside the portal-stones to 0.9m at the back.

• DG089-008002 Megalithic tomb - portal tomb
  Description

  This, the westernmost of the seven megalithic tombs (National Monument no. 139 (4) in state care) in this townland, is 900m SW of the last (Dg. 90). It stands in pasture reclaimed from the bog on the floor of the valley opening onto the N end of Malin Bay, which is 500m to the W. There is a good outlook from the site to the W and N out to sea and to the E along the valley floor, but steeply rising ground nearby, the lowermost slopes below Leahan Mountain, restrict the view to the S and SE. The monument consists of a row of six megalithic chambers (DG089-008/001/002/003/004/005-) standing at irregular intervals over a distance of 100m. They are in two separate fields, three in each, just S of a narrow road and are here numbered 1 to 6 from W to E. The four intermediate chambers are in a line, running more or less E-W, c. 5m N of and parallel to a line linking the larger terminal chambers. Chamber Nos. 1, 2, 3 and 6 are portal tomb chambers; No. 5, though very ruined, seems also to have been one, but the original design of No. 4 is uncertain. The orientations of the four portal tomb chambers are as follows: No. 1 faces ENE; No. 2 faces SSE; No. 3 faces N; and No. 6 faces E. The orientation of No. 4 is uncertain, but in its present state it seems to have faced E. If, as suggested, the remains at No. 5 are those of a portal tomb chamber, it would have faced either E or W when intact. The distances between the chambers from W to E are 12m, 16m, 9m, 14m and 30m. The comparatively large gap between Nos. 5 and 6 suggests there may have been a further chamber between them. If there was such a chamber it may have fallen victim to the construction of the road adjacent to the complex. Thomas Fagan (1845-8), who visited the site in 1847, refers to the existence of seven chambers (see below under No. 1) but provides details of only those numbered 1, 3, 4, 5 and 6 here. He claimed that the chambers had stood in one long cairn that he estimated originally measured 100 yards (c. 91m) E-W and 20 yards (c. 18m) N-S. However, it was 'defaced' and 'partly under tillage and fences' when he saw it. A small, low, stony mound, referred to below, survives alongside the easternmost chamber (No. 6) and appears to be the remnant of a cairn. Apart from this, there is a light scatter of partly buried stones over much of the eastern half of the site, but excavation would be required to determine whether these represent an ancient cairn. The Board of Works carried out work at this site toward the end of the 19th century (see Introduction), but the annual reports of that body provide little information about its nature and extent (CPW 1886, 22; 1887, 24, 63; 1888, 24). Borlase's (1897, 244-8) charge that major alterations were made to the two larger chambers (Nos. 1 and 6) is considered below. The chambers No. 3 The eastern portal-stone marks the entrance of this N-facing chamber. The western portal-stone has fallen and lies prostrate beneath a displaced roofstone. Single stones form the sides, the eastern one set outside the line of the adjacent portal-stone. The backstone, slightly askew to the main axis of the chamber, is set between the ends of the sidestones. There is a layer of peat in the chamber. The original chamber length would have been less than 2.5m, and it narrows slightly from 1.25m just inside the portal-stones to 1.15m at the backstone. The eastern portal-stone is 1.4m high. The prostrate western portal-stone measures 1.3m by at least 1.4m and is at least 0.25m thick. When upright it would have stood at least as high as the eastern one. The intact portal- stone rises 0.45m above the top of the eastern sidestone. The sidestone, which leans against the backstone, decreases in height from 0.65m at the front to c. 0.2m at the back. The western sidestone, which also leans against the backstone, is 0.6m high at its outer end. This, too, decreases in height toward its inner end but less markedly than the other sidestone. The backstone leans inward slightly and narrows toward the top. It is 0.25m in exposed height at its inner face and 0.5m at its outer face. The displaced roofstone lies in a sloping position, rising from W to E, across the front of the chamber. It now rests on the outer end of the western sidestone and against the top of the inner face of the eastern portal-stone. This substantial slab measures 2.5m by 1.4m and is 0.5-0.7m thick. A rough sketch of the front of this chamber by Thomas Fagan (1845-8) shows both portal-stones in place and the roofstone resting on them. Norman Moore (1872, 522, D III) saw this chamber in 1871. His description, with sketch plan, is not clear about the state of the chamber, but it seems that the roofstone had fallen by that date. When Borlase (1897, 246-7) saw it in 1888 it was in its present state. Fagan 1845-8, book 20, 12-20 (sketches); Fergusson 1872, 226; N. Moore 1872, 521-2 (nos. D I-D VI with rudimentary sketches of Nos. 1, 3 and 6 above); M. Stokes 1882, 19 ('six dolmens' at Glencolumbkille may refer); CPW 1886, 22; CPW 1887, 24, 63 (with sketches of Nos. 1-5); CPW 1888, 24; Anon. 1890-91a (with two sketches of No. 1, p. 260 and p. 262, and one sketch of No. 2, p. 261); Doherty 1891, 108-9; Borlase 1897, 244-8, Banagh nos. 3-8 (sketch of No. 1 on p. 246); RSAI photograph collection (c. 1900); H. Morris 1947, 41, no. B5; Crozier 1957, 70 ('the famous dolmens at Malinmore'); de Valera 1960, 135, no. 34; Killanin and Duignan 1967, 292; Ó Nualláin 1968a, 294, 298, no. 16; Herity 1971, 27, no. 31; Ó Nualláin 1983a, 32-3, nos. 61-6 (photograph of No. 1); Ó Nualláin 1983b, 95, Donegal no. 20; SMR 1987, 89:8; Ó Nualláin 1989, 124; Herity 1990, 49, no. 36 (photograph of No. 1); RMP 1995, 89:8. The above description was published in the 'Survey of the Megalithic Tombs of Ireland. Volume VI, County Donegal.' Compiled by: Eamon Cody (Dublin: Stationery Office, 2002). Date of upload/revision: 06 January 2010

• DG089-008003 Megalithic tomb - portal tomb
  Description

  This, the westernmost of the seven megalithic tombs (National Monument no. 139 (4) in state care) in this townland, is 900m SW of the last (Dg. 90). It stands in pasture reclaimed from the bog on the floor of the valley opening onto the N end of Malin Bay, which is 500m to the W. There is a good outlook from the site to the W and N out to sea and to the E along the valley floor, but steeply rising ground nearby, the lowermost slopes below Leahan Mountain, restrict the view to the S and SE. The monument consists of a row of six megalithic chambers (DG089-008/001/002/003/004/005-) standing at irregular intervals over a distance of 100m. They are in two separate fields, three in each, just S of a narrow road and are here numbered 1 to 6 from W to E. The four intermediate chambers are in a line, running more or less E-W, c. 5m N of and parallel to a line linking the larger terminal chambers. Chamber Nos. 1, 2, 3 and 6 are portal tomb chambers; No. 5, though very ruined, seems also to have been one, but the original design of No. 4 is uncertain. The orientations of the four portal tomb chambers are as follows: No. 1 faces ENE; No. 2 faces SSE; No. 3 faces N; and No. 6 faces E. The orientation of No. 4 is uncertain, but in its present state it seems to have faced E. If, as suggested, the remains at No. 5 are those of a portal tomb chamber, it would have faced either E or W when intact. The distances between the chambers from W to E are 12m, 16m, 9m, 14m and 30m. The comparatively large gap between Nos. 5 and 6 suggests there may have been a further chamber between them. If there was such a chamber it may have fallen victim to the construction of the road adjacent to the complex. Thomas Fagan (1845-8), who visited the site in 1847, refers to the existence of seven chambers (see below under No. 1) but provides details of only those numbered 1, 3, 4, 5 and 6 here. He claimed that the chambers had stood in one long cairn that he estimated originally measured 100 yards (c. 91m) E-W and 20 yards (c. 18m) N-S. However, it was 'defaced' and 'partly under tillage and fences' when he saw it. A small, low, stony mound, referred to below, survives alongside the easternmost chamber (No. 6) and appears to be the remnant of a cairn. Apart from this, there is a light scatter of partly buried stones over much of the eastern half of the site, but excavation would be required to determine whether these represent an ancient cairn. The Board of Works carried out work at this site toward the end of the 19th century (see Introduction), but the annual reports of that body provide little information about its nature and extent (CPW 1886, 22; 1887, 24, 63; 1888, 24). Borlase's (1897, 244-8) charge that major alterations were made to the two larger chambers (Nos. 1 and 6) is considered below. The chambers No. 4 The original design of this structure is uncertain. Five orthostats and a slightly displaced roofstone remain of what seems to have been a small low chamber c. 1.5m across, now open to the E. A sixth orthostat, just beyond the open end, is of uncertain function but may be part of an entrance feature or perhaps an indication that the original structure was more extensive than it now appears. A single orthostat, 0.7m in maximum height, forms the W end, possibly the original back, of the structure. The N side, represented by two orthostats, and the S side, represented by a single orthostat, converge on the western stone. The western one of the two stones at the N is 0.35m high, and the eastern is 0.3m high. The single stone at the S is 0.6m high. A lone stone 0.5m high stands at the open E end of the structure. The roofstone, from the southern edge of which a piece may have been broken, covers the greater part of the space described by the five orthostats. One end rests on the western orthostat, and the other end has slipped from the top of the lone orthostat at the E and now rests on the ground. It measures 1.9m by 1.5m and is 0.2-0.3m thick. The sixth orthostat, 0.25m beyond the roofed element, is 0.85m high. There is a grass-grown mound of uncertain age, apparently of stone, to the S of the structure. This measures 2.5m by 2.5m and is 0.7m high. Old cultivation ridges adjoin the southern side of the mound. A Board of Works report (CPW 1887, 63) claimed there were two chambers here, each 4 feet by 4 feet (c. 1.2m by c. 1.2m), then filled with rubbish. It was proposed 'to examine carefully the debris around the structures, taking care not to disturb the stones', but the results of this examination, if it took place, are not known. Like Norman Moore's account (1872, 522), the Board of Works report noted what may have been cairn remains between this and the next chamber (No. 5). Accounts of the structure by Fagan (1845-8), Norman Moore (1872, 522) and Borlase (1897, 247) are all brief and imprecise, but there is nothing in any of them to support the claim in the Board of Works report that there were two chambers here. A purported sketch of the structure that accompanies the Board of Works report sheds no light on the matter. Fagan 1845-8, book 20, 12-20 (sketches); Fergusson 1872, 226; N. Moore 1872, 521-2 (nos. D I-D VI with rudimentary sketches of Nos. 1, 3 and 6 above); M. Stokes 1882, 19 ('six dolmens' at Glencolumbkille may refer); CPW 1886, 22; CPW 1887, 24, 63 (with sketches of Nos. 1-5); CPW 1888, 24; Anon. 1890-91a (with two sketches of No. 1, p. 260 and p. 262, and one sketch of No. 2, p. 261); Doherty 1891, 108-9; Borlase 1897, 244-8, Banagh nos. 3-8 (sketch of No. 1 on p. 246); RSAI photograph collection (c. 1900); H. Morris 1947, 41, no. B5; Crozier 1957, 70 ('the famous dolmens at Malinmore'); de Valera 1960, 135, no. 34; Killanin and Duignan 1967, 292; Ó Nualláin 1968a, 294, 298, no. 16; Herity 1971, 27, no. 31; Ó Nualláin 1983a, 32-3, nos. 61-6 (photograph of No. 1); Ó Nualláin 1983b, 95, Donegal no. 20; SMR 1987, 89:8; Ó Nualláin 1989, 124; Herity 1990, 49, no. 36 (photograph of No. 1); RMP 1995, 89:8. The above description was published in the 'Survey of the Megalithic Tombs of Ireland. Volume VI, County Donegal.' Compiled by: Eamon Cody (Dublin: Stationery Office, 2002). Date of upload/ revision: 06 January 2010

• DG089-008004 Megalithic tomb - portal tomb
  Description

  This, the westernmost of the seven megalithic tombs (National Monument no. 139 (4) in state care) in this townland, is 900m SW of the last (Dg. 90). It stands in pasture reclaimed from the bog on the floor of the valley opening onto the N end of Malin Bay, which is 500m to the W. There is a good outlook from the site to the W and N out to sea and to the E along the valley floor, but steeply rising ground nearby, the lowermost slopes below Leahan Mountain, restrict the view to the S and SE. The monument consists of a row of six megalithic chambers (DG089-008/001/002/003/004/005-) standing at irregular intervals over a distance of 100m. They are in two separate fields, three in each, just S of a narrow road and are here numbered 1 to 6 from W to E. The four intermediate chambers are in a line, running more or less E-W, c. 5m N of and parallel to a line linking the larger terminal chambers. Chamber Nos. 1, 2, 3 and 6 are portal tomb chambers; No. 5, though very ruined, seems also to have been one, but the original design of No. 4 is uncertain. The orientations of the four portal tomb chambers are as follows: No. 1 faces ENE; No. 2 faces SSE; No. 3 faces N; and No. 6 faces E. The orientation of No. 4 is uncertain, but in its present state it seems to have faced E. If, as suggested, the remains at No. 5 are those of a portal tomb chamber, it would have faced either E or W when intact. The distances between the chambers from W to E are 12m, 16m, 9m, 14m and 30m. The comparatively large gap between Nos. 5 and 6 suggests there may have been a further chamber between them. If there was such a chamber it may have fallen victim to the construction of the road adjacent to the complex. Thomas Fagan (1845-8), who visited the site in 1847, refers to the existence of seven chambers (see below under No. 1) but provides details of only those numbered 1, 3, 4, 5 and 6 here. He claimed that the chambers had stood in one long cairn that he estimated originally measured 100 yards (c. 91m) E-W and 20 yards (c. 18m) N-S. However, it was 'defaced' and 'partly under tillage and fences' when he saw it. A small, low, stony mound, referred to below, survives alongside the easternmost chamber (No. 6) and appears to be the remnant of a cairn. Apart from this, there is a light scatter of partly buried stones over much of the eastern half of the site, but excavation would be required to determine whether these represent an ancient cairn. The Board of Works carried out work at this site toward the end of the 19th century (see Introduction), but the annual reports of that body provide little information about its nature and extent (CPW 1886, 22; 1887, 24, 63; 1888, 24). Borlase's (1897, 244-8) charge that major alterations were made to the two larger chambers (Nos. 1 and 6) is considered below. The chambers No. 5 This structure is very ruined, and its northern end is incorporated in the roadside wall. A large slab, apparently a displaced roofstone, one end of which is on the ground and overlain by the roadside wall, rests in a leaning position against the N face of an orthostat that is orientated E-W. Just 0.7m S of this orthostat is another, parallel to it. Although this is now slightly loose in the ground, it seems to be a structural stone. Both orthostats lean slightly to the N. The apparent roofstone measures 3.1m by at least 2.2m and is 0.2-0.3m thick. The stone supporting it is 1.5m high. The stone parallel to this is lm high. This may be the remnant of a taller stone, as the appearance of its top suggests that it has been broken. A further 1.6m to the S is another upright slab (not hatched on plan), which is of uncertain status and measures 0.8m long, 0.25m thick and 0.55m high. This stands at the NE corner of a low grass-grown heap of stones, measuring 1.1m N-S by 3m E-W by 0.3m high. The original form of this structure is unclear. However, if the southern one of the two hatched stones on plan was originally taller, as may have been the case, it and the northern one could have served as the portal-stones of a chamber the only other remnant of which is a displaced roofstone. In this scenario the chamber would have lain either E or W of the supposed portal-stones. Fagan's account (1845-8) indicates that the structure is now as it was in 1847. In 1871 Norman Moore (1872, 522) noted 'numbers of loose stones' around it. The Board of Works report (CPW 1887, 63) claimed that in addition to the dislodged roofstone there were five upright stones here, but a purported sketch of the structure shows three upright stones with what appears to be a large slab leaning against one of them. Fagan 1845-8, book 20, 12-20 (sketches); Fergusson 1872, 226; N. Moore 1872, 521-2 (nos. D I-D VI with rudimentary sketches of Nos. 1, 3 and 6 above); M. Stokes 1882, 19 ('six dolmens' at Glencolumbkille may refer); CPW 1886, 22; CPW 1887, 24, 63 (with sketches of Nos. 1-5); CPW 1888, 24; Anon. 1890-91a (with two sketches of No. 1, p. 260 and p. 262, and one sketch of No. 2, p. 261); Doherty 1891, 108-9; Borlase 1897, 244-8, Banagh nos. 3-8 (sketch of No. 1 on p. 246); RSAI photograph collection (c. 1900); H. Morris 1947, 41, no. B5; Crozier 1957, 70 ('the famous dolmens at Malinmore'); de Valera 1960, 135, no. 34; Killanin and Duignan 1967, 292; Ó Nualláin 1968a, 294, 298, no. 16; Herity 1971, 27, no. 31; Ó Nualláin 1983a, 32-3, nos. 61-6 (photograph of No. 1); Ó Nualláin 1983b, 95, Donegal no. 20; SMR 1987, 89:8; Ó Nualláin 1989, 124; Herity 1990, 49, no. 36 (photograph of No. 1); RMP 1995, 89:8. The above description was published in the 'Survey of the Megalithic Tombs of Ireland. Volume VI, County Donegal.' Compiled by: Eamon Cody (Dublin: Stationery Office, 2002). Date of upload/revision: 06 January 2010

• DG089-008005 Megalithic tomb - portal tomb
  Description

  This, the westernmost of the seven megalithic tombs (National Monument no. 139 (4) in state care) in this townland, is 900m SW of the last (Dg. 90). It stands in pasture reclaimed from the bog on the floor of the valley opening onto the N end of Malin Bay, which is 500m to the W. There is a good outlook from the site to the W and N out to sea and to the E along the valley floor, but steeply rising ground nearby, the lowermost slopes below Leahan Mountain, restrict the view to the S and SE. The monument consists of a row of six megalithic chambers (DG089-008/001/002/003/004/005-) standing at irregular intervals over a distance of 100m. They are in two separate fields, three in each, just S of a narrow road and are here numbered 1 to 6 from W to E. The four intermediate chambers are in a line, running more or less E-W, c. 5m N of and parallel to a line linking the larger terminal chambers. Chamber Nos. 1, 2, 3 and 6 are portal tomb chambers; No. 5, though very ruined, seems also to have been one, but the original design of No. 4 is uncertain. The orientations of the four portal tomb chambers are as follows: No. 1 faces ENE; No. 2 faces SSE; No. 3 faces N; and No. 6 faces E. The orientation of No. 4 is uncertain, but in its present state it seems to have faced E. If, as suggested, the remains at No. 5 are those of a portal tomb chamber, it would have faced either E or W when intact. The distances between the chambers from W to E are 12m, 16m, 9m, 14m and 30m. The comparatively large gap between Nos. 5 and 6 suggests there may have been a further chamber between them. If there was such a chamber it may have fallen victim to the construction of the road adjacent to the complex. Thomas Fagan (1845-8), who visited the site in 1847, refers to the existence of seven chambers (see below under No. 1) but provides details of only those numbered 1, 3, 4, 5 and 6 here. He claimed that the chambers had stood in one long cairn that he estimated originally measured 100 yards (c. 91m) E-W and 20 yards (c. 18m) N-S. However, it was 'defaced' and 'partly under tillage and fences' when he saw it. A small, low, stony mound, referred to below, survives alongside the easternmost chamber (No. 6) and appears to be the remnant of a cairn. Apart from this, there is a light scatter of partly buried stones over much of the eastern half of the site, but excavation would be required to determine whether these represent an ancient cairn. The Board of Works carried out work at this site toward the end of the 19th century (see Introduction), but the annual reports of that body provide little information about its nature and extent (CPW 1886, 22; 1887, 24, 63; 1888, 24). Borlase's (1897, 244-8) charge that major alterations were made to the two larger chambers (Nos. 1 and 6) is considered below. The chambers No. 6 This partially collapsed portal tomb chamber faces E. Its main roofstone has fallen eastward and now rests, one end on the ground, at the E end of the monument. It lies in a sloping position against the outer ends of the two portal-stones, both of which have collapsed northward. The portal-stones now rest in leaning positions, the southern one on the northern one. Three stones remain in situ: the single orthostats forming each side of the chamber and an inset gabled backstone. A large slab outside and leaning against the NW corner of the chamber appears to be the displaced subsidiary roofstone. This seems to have covered the W end of the chamber, i.e. that part of it behind the portal-stones. There is a displaced pillar-like stone to the W of the subsidiary roofstone. When intact the chamber seems to have been c. 2-3m long and narrowed from c. 2.5m wide immediately behind the portal-stones to 1.4m at the back. A modern field wall adjoins the E end of the displaced main roofstone. Another field wall runs northward from the northern sidestone. A space between the underside of the main roofstone and the leaning northern portal-stone has been blocked by mortared stone, as has a space at ground level between the same portal-stone and the northern sidestone. The main roofstone measures 3.1m by 2.5m and is 0.9m thick. The southern portal-stone, which is flat topped, would stand 2.5m high if upright. The northern portal-stone, somewhat pointed on top, would stand 2.6m high if upright. The southern sidestone leans inward quite markedly and rests against the edge of the backstone, above which it rises 0.5m. It would stand 1.5m high if upright. The northern sidestone leans inward slightly and also rests against the backstone. It is 1.35m high. The backstone, close to lozenge shaped in plan, is 0.8m high. The displaced subsidiary roof stone measures 3.4m by 1.75m and is 0.4m thick. The prostrate pillar-like stone beside it measures 3m by 0.7m by 0.6m. Its original function is not clear. The small mound alongside this chamber has been referred to above. It adjoins the structure at the SW, occupies a long, relatively narrow space measuring 11.3m E-W by 5m N-S and is up to 0.5m high. When Thomas Fagan saw this structure in 1847 the main roofstone had already fallen eastward, although he suggests that the portal-stones were then upright. Norman Moore (1872, 522) noted that the chamber formed one side of a byre. Borlase (1897, 247-8) claimed that under the Board of Works 'the process of overhauling and renovating has been carried on here almost as vigorously' as at the western chamber, but he provided no details. The remains can satisfactorily be interpreted as those of a collapsed portal tomb chamber, and, despite Borlase's claim, there is no evidence that the Board of Works carried out any significant structural alterations here. Fagan 1845-8, book 20, 12-20 (sketches); Fergusson 1872, 226; N. Moore 1872, 521-2 (nos. D I-D VI with rudimentary sketches of Nos. 1, 3 and 6 above); M. Stokes 1882, 19 ('six dolmens' at Glencolumbkille may refer); CPW 1886, 22; CPW 1887, 24, 63 (with sketches of Nos. 1-5); CPW 1888, 24; Anon. 1890-91a (with two sketches of No. 1, p. 260 and p. 262, and one sketch of No. 2, p. 261); Doherty 1891, 108-9; Borlase 1897, 244-8, Banagh nos. 3-8 (sketch of No. 1 on p. 246); RSAI photograph collection (c. 1900); H. Morris 1947, 41, no. B5; Crozier 1957, 70 ('the famous dolmens at Malinmore'); de Valera 1960, 135, no. 34; Killanin and Duignan 1967, 292; Ó Nualláin 1968a, 294, 298, no. 16; Herity 1971, 27, no. 31; Ó Nualláin 1983a, 32-3, nos. 61-6 (photograph of No. 1); Ó Nualláin 1983b, 95, Donegal no. 20; SMR 1987, 89:8; Ó Nualláin 1989, 124; Herity 1990, 49, no. 36 (photograph of No. 1); RMP 1995, 89:8. The above description was published in the 'Survey of the Megalithic Tombs of Ireland. Volume VI, County Donegal.' Compiled by: Eamon Cody (Dublin: Stationery Office, 2002). Date of upload/revision: 06 January 2010

• DG089-009001 Ringfort - cashel
  Description

  An almost circular area enclosed by a totally collapsed stone wall, internal diameter 14m and external diameter 29.6m. A layer of limpets and periwinkles in a peat/charcoal soil can be seen under the wall in the ESE. In the NE quadrant the wall has been encroached upon by a covering of peat and heather. There is a tradition of a souterrain (DG089-009002-) in or near this cashel but this could not be substantiated. The site is located on an ESE-WNW ridge of poor land over-looking Malin More valley. 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

• DG089-009002 Souterrain
  Description

  An almost circular area (DG089-009001-) enclosed by a totally collapsed stone wall, internal diameter 14m and external diameter 29.6m. A layer of limpets and periwinkles in a peat/charcoal soil can be seen under the wall in the ESE. In the NE quadrant the wall has been encroached upon by a covering of peat and heather. There is a tradition of a souterrain in or near this cashel but this could not be substantiated. The site is located on an ESE-WNW ridge of poor land over-looking Malin More valley. 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

• DG089-010 Field boundary
  Description

  Two stone walls in an area of cut-away blanket bog wall: Wall A extends in a curved line approximately WNW for a distance of 134m. 40m from the ESE end of wall A, a second wall B crosses roughly at right-angles. This is 20m long in a SSW-NNE direction. These walls are likely to have been covered by blanket bog. 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

• DG089-011 Ringfort - cashel
  Description

  Internal diam. 19.8m. An almost circular area enclosed by a much collapsed stone wall up to 1.2m in width and up to .46m high. Two field walls run from the cashel wall one to the S and another to the WNW. The cashel is located in an area of cutaway bog at the base of the slope on the S side of Malin More valley. 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

• DG089-012 Megalithic tomb - court tomb
  Description

  The monument (National Monument no. 139 (4) in state care), first shown on the 1848-50 edition of the OS 6-inch map, appears as 'Ruins of a Druidical Temple' on the pre-publication field map. It stands on generally level, grass-grown, boggy ground toward the head of the valley opening onto the N end of Malin Bay, 2.3km to the W. It is 50m S of the stream that flows westward along the valley and commands a good outlook toward the sea. The depth of bog in the immediate vicinity of the monument is at least 1m. The monument, partly restored by the Board of Works toward the end of the 19th century, is in a fair state of preservation. Its orthostatic structure stands in a coffin-shaped cairn bounded by drystone walling. At the E, a short passage opens into a large, orthostatically defined full court of oval outline. Just inside the entrance passage a subsidiary chamber opens onto each arm of the court. The outer face of a court orthostat beside the entrance to each of these chambers bears picked motifs, apparently prehistoric in origin. Two galleries, parallel to each other and c. 1m apart, open off the western end of the court, and each is divided by jambs into two chambers. The earliest available account of this monument is by Thomas Fagan, who saw it in 1847. Both he and Norman Moore (1872, 523), who visited here in 1871, found it difficult to interpret, perhaps because of its disordered state, and their reports are of limited value. Both included a rough sketch of the monument with their reports, but these cannot be reconciled either with each other or with the structure as now exposed. There are two useful illustrations of the monument before its restoration, both reproduced by Borlase (1897, 241). One is the plan published by Sir Samuel Ferguson (1879, 122). He visited the site in 1864, and the plan is thought to date to that year. The other, an undated and unattributed drawing showing a view of the monument from the front, was among a collection of drawings made available by Margaret Stokes to Borlase (1897, ix). Both illustrations are reproduced below. On Ferguson's plan cross-hatched areas seem intended to represent chambers, but set stones are not distinguished from displaced ones, and there is no indication of orientation. Nevertheless, as on the Stokes collection drawing, the main features of the monument can be recognised. The involvement of the Board of Works at this tomb (see Introduction) is referred to in the annual reports of that institution (CPW 1886, 22; 1887, 24), but these contain practically no information about the nature of the work undertaken. One of the annual reports includes a description of the tomb (CPW 1887, 63), but this too contains little information, and the accompanying plan omits part of one of the galleries of the monument. This account does mention that 'the cells are being cleared out'. Work at the site seems to have been completed in 1887 (CPW 1888, 24). However, a few years later unspecified work was carried out at a site identified only as 'Cloughan More' (CPW 1892, 24; 1893, 28). It is not known whether this is the same site as that described here. Borlase (1897, 240-4), who visited the site in 1888, the year after its restoration, incorrectly assigned a N-S orientation to the main axis of the monument. He was informed that 'some few objects, such as pottery etc.' had been found by the workmen during the restoration. The precise nature and extent of the restoration work carried out by the Board of Works are not clear, but it appears from the available evidence, particularly the pre-restoration drawings, to have mainly involved removing cairn spill from the court, clearing the chambers, exposing the cairn outline and rebuilding the drystone kerb. This work would inevitably have entailed considerable archaeological loss. The cairn The restored cairn is 46.3m long and attains its maximum width, 16.7m, midway along the court, from where it narrows to 12m at the E and 7.5m at the W. Its eastern half is 1-1.5m high. Toward the W and beyond the galleries it gradually declines by c. 1m in height. Rough grass now grows on its W end, which was bog grown until revealed during the restoration by the Board of Works. According to Borlase (1897, 241), the base of the drystone kerb was exposed by digging a trench around the monument. On the exposed base of the kerb, to judge from the denuded state of the front of the cairn as portrayed on the pre-restoration drawing from the Stokes collection, the Board of Works built a substantial 'wall' of dry stonework around the court. This rises above the court orthostats and is generally 2-2.5m thick but reaches 5.7m and 4.2m at the outer ends of the N and S sides of the monument. It is clear that T.N. Deane, then Superintendent of the Board of Works, believed that this monument was a cashel with 'cells' and not a chambered cairn (CPW 1887, 63). This must raise a question about the reliability of the shape of the restored cairn, which has been unfavourably commented on (Wakeman 1890-91; Anon. 1890-91b). Only excavation could now determine this issue, but it is significant that its coffin-shaped outline has since found parallels at excavated monuments such as Behy (Ma. 3) and Shalwy (Dg. 113). It would be expected, though, that cairn height would dip toward the court entrance, which is not the case here, and it is probable that the cairn at the front is built to a height greater than it is likely to have been in its original state. The facade and entrance passage The facade of the restored cairn is of drystone construction except for two orthostats, one at either side of the entrance passage to the court. It is considered that these may be in situ or at least restored to their original positions. Both are relatively low. The northern one is 0.35m high, and the southern one is 0.4m high. Opposed orthostats form each side of the entrance passage, which is 3m long and 1.9-2.2m wide. The orthostat on the northern side is 1m high, and that at the S is 0.6m high. A displaced slab, 2m by 1m by 0.3m thick, leans against the northern orthostat. On Ferguson's (1879, 122) plan the space between the orthostats is cross-hatched, indicating that he may have considered this a chamber, an opinion shared by Borlase (1897, 243). The court The court is 16m long (E-W) and 12m wide. Court orthostats, their tops and outer faces hidden by the reconstructed cairn, survive along the full length of the S arm, except for short gaps, and there are two rather more substantial gaps in the N arm, one of 2.2m at around mid-length and one 4m long in its outer half. Nine stones survive along the N arm. They range from 0.9m to 1.75m long and from 0.2m to 1.5m high. There are seventeen stones along the S arm, 0.5-1.75m long and 0.2-1 .1m high. The thicknesses of the courtstones cannot all be determined, but they seem to be 0.3m or more in most instances. In both arms the innermost stone is a tall one: that at the N is 1.5m high, and that at the S is 1.1m high at its inner end, sloping to 0.6m at its outer end. Beyond each there is a steady diminution in the heights of the courtstones to around midway along both arms, beyond which, with the exception of the stones fronting the subsidiary chambers, they vary from c. 0.2m to 0.5m high. Apart from one or two taller ones at the inner end of the N arm, the courtstones do not appear to be represented on the two pre-restoration drawings of the monument. The annual reports of the Board of Works provide no information on the state of the court, but the occurrence of gaps between the orthostats indicates that, although fallen or leaning stones may have been re-erected as found, no attempt was made to replace missing ones. The cleared court is shown in a photograph from the Lawrence collection (c. 1880-1910). In the inner half of the court are a number of displaced slabs. One of these, less than 1m from the front of the northern gallery, measures 1.6m by 1.15m and is 0.6m thick. To t

• DG089-013 Megalithic tomb - court tomb
  Description

  This monument, not shown on any edition of the OS 6-inch map, is the easternmost of the seven tombs (Dg. 90-96) in the valley opening onto Malin Bay. It stands in boggy pasture at the head of the valley, c. 800m SE of the last described (Dg. 95). There is a good outlook from the site westward along the valley toward the sea, 3km away, and to the S is another view of the sea. Leahan Mountain restricts the view to the SW. The remains of an E-facing gallery of at least two chambers survive here. At the W end, or back, of the gallery is a narrow chamber, and in front of this are the remnants of a larger one. Approximately 3.5m E of this is a single orthostat of uncertain function. This is 1.25m long, 0.35m thick and 0.5m high. Between it and the larger of the two chambers is a round stone-built structure, 3.3m in overall diameter. This may be the remains of a limekiln shown at or near this spot on the 1848-50 edition of the OS 6-inch map. Only its lower levels now remain. A large slab, 1.3m in maximum dimension, incorporated in the N side of this may be a displaced orthostat. At the eastern edge of this structure and extending to the NE are at least six displaced slabs. These range from 0.8m to 1.75m in maximum dimension and from 0.3m to 0.4m thick. Approximately 2.5m E of the S end of the ruined structure is a line of five stones, 3.3m long, rising 0.2-0.5m above the boggy surface. These are up to 0.7m long and 0.4m thick. They seem firmly set, but their status is unclear. Only three orthostats remain of the larger chamber. Its outer end is marked by a stone set transversely to the long axis of the gallery, which seems to be a jamb. This is 0.75m high. Approximately 0.6m to the SE is a low stone that rises 0.3m above the boggy surface. It is firmly set, but its status is uncertain. Two opposed sidestones mark the inner end of the chamber and converge toward the W to meet the transversely set segmenting jambs that mark the division between it and the small rear chamber. The northern sidestone, which leans inward, is 0.7m high. The southern is around the same height, but only its upper 0.35m is exposed. This chamber was c. 2.5m long. The segmenting jambs are well matched and stand 0.35m apart. Both are 0.6m high. A lintel, 1.6m by 0.7m and 0.5m thick, rests on both jambs and on the sides of the inner chamber. Originally it may have rested only on the jambs. The rear chamber is 2m long and narrows from 1.3m at the front to 0.95m or less at the back. It seems to have been noticeably narrower than the other chamber. The sides are represented by single orthostats. Both are 0.7m high. The low gabled backstone, set inside the end of the northern sidestone, is 0.6m high. The monument appears to have been in its present state in the 1840s (Fagan 1845-8). The original design is not now clear, but if the orthostat to the E can be relied on it appears that the gallery was c. 10m or more in length. It seems that the disturbed and scattered nature of the remains accounts for Norman Moore's (1872) claim, later quoted by Borlase (1897), that there is a group of 'five or six cromlechs' at this location. Fagan 1845-8, book 20, 1-2; N. Moore 1872, 523-4 (This, which is the group furthest from the sea, is of five or six cromlechs, but only one is in good preservation'); Borlase 1897, 249, under Banagh nos. 9-20 (quotes Moore); de Valera 1960, 108, DG. 20; Killanin and Duignan 1962, 290; Killanin and Duignan 1967, 292; Herity 1971, 31, no. 37; Ó Nualláin 1983a, 26, no. 38; SMR 1987, 89:13; Ó Nualláin 1989, 117; Herity 1990, 44, no. 35; RMP 1995, 89:13. The above description was published in the 'Survey of the Megalithic Tombs of Ireland. Volume VI, County Donegal.' Compiled by: Eamon Cody (Dublin: Stationery Office, 2002). Date of upload: 22 September 2008 See linked document with details from Eamon Cody, Survey of the Megalithic Tombs of Ireland. Volume VI. County Donegal. (Dublin: Stationery Office, 2002)

• DG089-020 Megalithic tomb - court tomb
  Description

  This monument (National Monument no. 139 (4) in state care), not shown on OS 6-inch maps, stands amid outcropping rock on the N side of the valley opening onto the N side of Malin Bay. When describing the nearby portal tomb (Dg. 93), which lies 80m to the E, Norman Moore (1872, 524) mentioned that there was a 'chamber cromlech of small dimensions' 40 yards (c. 37m) W of it. There is no trace of such a feature at this position, but, if we allow for some imprecision on Moore's part, he may have been referring to the monument described here. The monument consists of what appears to be the front chamber of an otherwise destroyed gallery, at the ENE end of which is an arc of three stones, possibly the remains of the northern arm of a court. There is a line of two small stones between the chamber and the arc of stones. Though firmly set, their function is most uncertain. They may have formed part of a small antechamber. There is a gap of 0.8m between the outermost one of the arc of stones and the middle one, and 0.6m between this and the innermost one. The outermost stone is 0.2m high; the middle one is 0.25m high; and the innermost one is 0.4m high. A stone beside the middle one measures 0.4m by 0.4m by 0.25m high. This is not firmly set and is not hatched on the plan. Two jambs, the northern one longitudinally set and the southern one transversely set, are 0.6m apart and stand at the front of the chamber. A displaced slab, 0.8m by 0.7m by 0.3m thick, now spans the gap between them. It rests on top of the southern one and against the inner face of the northern one. The southern jamb, its outer end concealed, is 0.5m high. Its northern counterpart is lm high. The two small set stones, indicators of a possible antechamber, run forward from this. That next to the jamb is 0.25m high, and the other is 0.1m high. Both are 0.3m long and 0.05m thick. The chamber is 1.8m long and 1.45m wide internally. A single orthostat forms each side. That to the N, set outside the line of the adjacent jamb, is 0.55m high. The southern sidestone is 0.9m high and leans inward slightly. What appears to be a segmenting jamb is set against the inner face of this. Transversely set, this is 0.3m high. Opposite it is a stone at the inner face of the northern sidestone. This does not appear to be securely set and is not hatched on the plan. It measures 0.5m by 0.3m by 0.3m high. Some small stones lie scattered around the site. Additionally, two large displaced stones lie in front of the chamber. One just in front of the chamber measures 1.4m by 1.lm by 0.7m. Local information suggests that this was detached from the outcropping rock to the S of the court area in recent decades. The second displaced stone, 1.3m E of the first, measures lm by 0.65m by 0.5m. The survival here of what appears to be part of a court, and of a chamber that seems to be the remnant of a gallery divided by jambs, suggests that the remains are those of a court tomb, and the monument is tentatively assigned to that class. N. Moore 1872, 524 ('Forty yards west is a chamber cromlech of small dimensions' may refer); Borlase 1897, 249, under Banagh nos. 9-20 (quotes Moore). The above description was published in the 'Survey of the Megalithic Tombs of Ireland. Volume VI, County Donegal.' Compiled by: Eamon Cody (Dublin: Stationery Office, 2002). Date of upload: 22 September 2008 See linked document with details from Eamon Cody, Survey of the Megalithic Tombs of Ireland. Volume VI. County Donegal. (Dublin: Stationery Office, 2002)

• DG089-022 Megalithic structure
  Description

  Norman Moore (1872) noted what he believed may be the roofstone of a chamber protruding from the heather on a bog-grown ridge to the E of the group of portal tombs (DG089-008----; DG089-008001-; DG089-008002-; DG089-008003-; DG089-008004-; DG089-008005-) in this townland. This supposed chamber, best described as a cist, consists of a roofstone covering a cavity outlined by stones on edge and measuring c. 1m N-S by 1.3m E-W. The structure is open to the N, and single stones form its E, S and W sides. The roofstone overlies these stones, and a pad-stone has been employed to support it above the junction of the eastern and southern stones. The northern end of the roofstone is tilted upward slightly, and the southern end is buried. It measures 1.8m E-W by at least 1.1m N-S and is 0.15m thick. The floor of the cist is no more than 0.6m below the underside of the roofing slab. Just 0.3m W of the open northern end of the structure there are two set stones. The larger one, to the E, measures 0.7m by 0.4m, and both are 0.5m high. Approximately 1.3m to the S is another stone, the tallest at the site. It measures 0.5m by 0.3m by 1.1m high. This stone and the two preceding ones may represent some form of kerb. Approximately 1m W of the possible kerbstones there is a dip in ground level that may indicate the presence of a mound. (N. Moore 1872, 522-3; Borlase 1897, 248, under Banagh nos. 3-8; Herity 1990, 51, no. 44) (National Monument no. 139 (4)) The above description was published in the 'Survey of the Megalithic Tombs of Ireland. Volume VI, County Donegal.' Compiled by: Eamon Cody (Dublin: Stationery Office, 2002), 226, no. 43. DG089-022----_01.jpg: View of the monument looking south. DG089-022----_02.jpg: View of the monument looking west. Updated by: Paul Walsh Date of revised upload: 23 March 2015

• DG089-023 Ringfort - cashel
  Description

  In rough poorly drained grazing land, on a terrace on the W facing slope of rising ground in upland area with good views of Rossan Point to the NW with small river stream immediately to the SE. Good view of Cloghanmore court tomb located 480m to the south-west. Present remains consist of a roughly circular area (int. diam. c. 17.1m) enclosed by a poorly preserved heather covered drystone wall (wall H 0.8m; T 1.8m-2.1m) which is best preserved at SE side where it overlooks the small mountain stream. On this side the dry stone wall survives three to four courses high but elsewhere the cashel wall has been reduced to a low scarp. According to local information this cashel was known locally as 'Caiseal an Oir' or the Cashel of Gold. Overt he years the interior of the cashel has been greatly disturbed by digging resulting in several quarry holes the remains of which can still be seen today

• DG089-025 Bullaun stone
  Description

  On the northern side of a public road located beside a large millstone and stream with smithy to the west of the bullaun stone. An irregular shaped stone (1.75m x 1.15m; H 0.56m) with a circular-shaped hollow (diam. 0.27m; D 0.23m) on its upper surface.

• DG089-027 Promontory fort - coastal
  Description

  The Archaeological Survey of Ireland (ASI) is in the process of providing information on all monuments on The Historic Environment Viewer (HEV). Currently the information for this record has not been uploaded. To access available information for research purposes please make an appointment in advance with the Archive Unit (open Fridays 10.00 am – 5.00 pm), Department of Housing, Local Government and Heritage, The Custom House, Dublin 1 D01W6XO or email NMarchive@housing.gov.ie.

• DG089-028 Promontory fort - coastal
  Description

  The Archaeological Survey of Ireland (ASI) is in the process of providing information on all monuments on The Historic Environment Viewer (HEV). Currently the information for this record has not been uploaded. To access available information for research purposes please make an appointment in advance with the Archive Unit (open Fridays 10.00 am – 5.00 pm), Department of Housing, Local Government and Heritage, The Custom House, Dublin 1 D01W6XO or email NMarchive@housing.gov.ie.

• DG089-033 Enclosure
  Description

  In rough mountainous terrain. Raised approx. circular area (dims. 8.5m E-W; 7.3m N-S) enclosed by the partially heather-covered basal portion of a drystone wall (original Wth. c.0.6m). The wall is absent for a distance of 1.2m at E which may mark the remains of the entrance. However there is currently a shallow pool of stagnant pool immediately outside of this. The interior is relatively level. Immediately S of this monument is a modern E-W trackway. It is not possible to classify this monument further with any degree of confidence on this basis of the upstanding remains. Compiled by: Patrick F. O'Donovan Date of upload: 14 April 2015

Architectural heritage

• House, 1860–1900 · Regional interest
  Description

  Detached single- and two-storey vernacular house, built c. 1880, comprising a three-bay single-storey block to the east with single-bay two-storey section/addition attached to the west end. Pitched artificial slate roof to single-storey section to east having central chimneystack; pitched natural slate roof to two-storey bay to west having raised render/cement verges and render chimneystacks to either gable end. Some remaining sections of cast-iron rainwater goods; pronounced timber brackets to gutters to single-storey block. Smooth rendered walls. Square-headed window openings having stone sills and six-over-six pane timber sliding sash windows. Two-over-two pane timber sliding sash window to the east gable end. Square-headed door opening to western end bay of single-storey block having replacement battened timber door. Set back from road to the south of Gleann Cholm Cille/Glencolumbkille, and adjacent to Malin Bay in exposed coastal site. Single-storey outbuilding adjacent to the west having mono-pitched corrugated metal roof, cement rendered walls, square-headed window openings with two-over-two pane timber sliding sash window and timber casement windows, and square-headed doorway with battened timber door. Single-storey outbuilding to the east having mono-pitched roof, rubble stone walls with squared quoins to the corners, and square-headed openings with remains of timber fittings.

• House, 1840–1880 · Regional interest
  Description

  Detached four-bay single-storey vernacular house, built c. 1840, with windbreak porch to front elevation (south), bed outshot to rear elevation (north), and with square-headed garage door to the west end of the front elevation (south) with timber sheeted double doors. Later in use as outbuilding, now out of use. Pitched corrugated-cement roof (formerly thatched) having two rendered chimneystacks. Smooth rendered finish over rubble stone construction; evidence of limewash remaining and traces of pegs at eaves formerly used for securing ropes over thatch. Square-headed window openings with two-over-two pane timber sliding sash windows and some remaining thin flagstone sills. Square-headed door opening to windbreak porch having replacement timber panelled door. Set slightly back from road to the south of Gleann Cholm Cille/Glencolumbkille.

Designated sites: National Parks and Wildlife Service. Recorded monuments: Sites and Monuments Record, National Monuments Service. Buildings: National Inventory of Architectural Heritage. Department of Housing, Local Government and Heritage, CC BY 4.0. Works at or in relation to a recorded monument need two months' written notice to the National Monuments Service (National Monuments (Amendment) Act 1994, section 12).

Radon

At the centre of the townland of Malin More, about 1 in 10 homes in this area is likely to have high radon levels. Testing a home

Landslides

The 1:50,000 map rates the landslide susceptibility here as high, moderately high, moderately low, low, partly inferred. Parts of the land are water.

Terrain model

No LiDAR survey of the Office of Public Works covers the centre of the townland of Malin More.

Flooding

The Office of Public Works publishes its flood maps on floodinfo.ie.

Radon Risk Map of Ireland, Environmental Protection Agency, and Landslide Susceptibility Classification, Geological Survey Ireland, both under CC BY 4.0. LiDAR: contains Irish Public Sector Data (Geological Survey Ireland & the Office of Public Works) licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International (CC BY 4.0) licence.

No address of the register names Malin More with five sales or more. The sales of the area are on the page of Co. Donegal.

Name

Malin More · Málainn Mhóir

Area

12,466,685 m² (1,246.67 ha, 3,080.58 acres)

Civil parish

Glencolumbkille, and its townlands

Barony

Banagh

Electoral division

Malinbeg, the unit of the census

Census 2022

373 people lived in 151 households in the Malinbeg electoral division. 75% of households owned their home. 21% of homes were built since 2001. 18% of dwellings stood vacant on census night, and 22% were holiday homes.

Neighbouring townlands

Cashel, Creenveen, Dooey, Doonalt, Kilaned, Malin Beg, Meenavean

Gaeltacht

In an Irish-speaking area

Placenames

Malin More on logainm.ie, the Placenames Database of Ireland

Townlands, civil parishes, baronies and electoral divisions, National Statutory Boundaries, Tailte Éireann, CC BY 4.0. Census 2022, Small Area Population Statistics by electoral division, Central Statistics Office, CC BY 4.0. A townland is the smallest land division of Ireland, and the unit of a rural address. Old registers such as the 1901 and 1911 censuses file it under its civil parish and barony.