Ireland, County Donegal
Rutland Island failed fishing town
Ghost town Documented siteProhibited, look only
What you could find
Reported finds from this ground.
Coins and tokens
Buttons and buckles
Nails and fittingsPhotos via Wikimedia Commons: West Yorkshire Archaeology Advisory Service, Amy Downes, (CC BY-SA 2.0), Unknown (Public domain), North Lincolnshire Museum, Martin Foreman, (CC BY 2.0).
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Why this spot
1780s planned fishing station to 1960s
Planned fishing settlement founded in 1783 to 1784 by William Burton Conyngham, with streets of houses, a customs house, barracks and a sail and net factory. The herring fishery failed in 1793, part of the village was buried by dunes, and the island was inhabited only into the 1960s.View source →
Before you go
Hazards noted for this site.
boat access only, dunes
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