€40k funding for
Inishowen archaeological projects
24.06.21
FIVE archaeological
monuments in Donegal, including two projects in
Inishowen, are set to benefit from over €188,000 under
the Community Monuments Fund.
Joseph Gallagher, County Donegal Heritage Officer,
explained: “All of the archaeological monuments funded
under this scheme are protected under the National
Monuments Acts. Most of the 3,400 known archaeological
sites in County Donegal are in private ownership or
guardianship so this scheme offers an ideal opportunity
to landowners, community groups or local authorities to
undertake conservation works to monuments, encourage
greater access to them, improve their presentation or
build resilience in monuments to enable them to
withstand the effects of climate change."
In Inishowen, funding was awarded to Malin Head
Community Association (€19,311) to undertake detailed
engineering and conservation proposals to stabilise and
conserve Malin Well Church and to O’Doherty’s Keep
Development Group (€20,602) for the appointment of an
integrated professional team to facilitate public access
to O’Doherty’s Keep in Buncrana, which is in private
ownership but in state guardianship. |
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The Malin Head Community Association has
secured funding to undertake detailed engineering and
conservation proposals to stabilise and conserve Malin
Well Church, an archaeological monument in private
ownership in Ballygorman. |
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If you would like to find
out what archaeological monuments are in your area, you
can consult the National Monuments Service website at
www.archaeology.ie
. If you are the owner or guardian of an archaeological
monument or historic site or are involved with a
community group that would like to conserve your local
archaeological heritage, advice is available from the
County Donegal Heritage Office by email at
heritage@donegalcoco.ie or by telephone on 074 91
72576. |
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