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Disert is a complex archaeological landscape located in the townland of Disert in Co Donegal.  The site consists of a holy well dedicated to St Colmcille surrounded by a ritual pilgrim landscape that includes an early ecclesiastical enclosure, penitential  cairns and a cillin (children’s graveyard).

For Heritage Week, 15-23 August 2020, the Disert Heritage Group was proud to present a series of short videos about the connections people have to the wonderful site of Disert. Each day over the course of Heritage Week these were shared on Facebook and here on our website – click on the image below.

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Here’s a great 360 tour of Disert created by Malcolm Houston. It works like Google Street view. Click through to Google maps. Note that there are 360s of 11 spots at Disert so zoom in on the map view and then select one of the little blue circles.

Check out our great video about the site, created by Shauna Boyle:

 

Archaeological features

(Extract from Beglane, Meehan and Nugent 2016) Outer ecclesiastical enclosure An enclosure formed from an arc of large stones up to 2m in size and portions of earthen bank surrounds the site from the west, round to the north and terminating on the eastern side.  From the digital surface model this can be seen to… Continue reading Archaeological features

Book: Disert in the Blue Stacks

This volume is a collection of poems, songs, music, folklore, history and archaeology focusing on Disert graveyard and its beautiful surroundings in the foothills of the Blue Stack Mountains of Co. Donegal. This fascinating archaeological site dates back at least as far as the early medieval period, when it was the centre of a monastic… Continue reading Book: Disert in the Blue Stacks

How you can help

Disert Heritage Group is a not-for-profit community organisation. As such we rely on voluntary contributions of time, equipment, materials and money. If you would like to be kept informed of any future meetings or events please complete the online form. We would love to see you – we always welcome new members at our meetings… Continue reading How you can help

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