Photo: Ian S · CC BY-SA 2.02 archaeological sites in Drumkeen
No building in Drumkeen is on the National Inventory of Architectural Heritage. 14% of Drumkeen’s homes were built in 2011 or later; the typical town has 5.8%.
Landmarks of Drumkeen
So far only Newtown Bridge is photographed among Drumkeen’s recorded places.
Photos from Wikimedia Commons, copied to our own server, each credited to its photographer with its licence; names open the place’s page. Tap a photo to step through them full screen.
Archaeology in Drumkeen
The Sites and Monuments Record lists every known archaeological site; most are field monuments with little to see. By kind:
2 archaeological sites inside the town
Sites on the Record of Monuments and Places, the statutory list drawn from this record, are protected by law: anyone planning work at or near one must give the National Monuments Service two months’ notice.
| Burial ground1 record |
| Ritual site - holy well1 record |
Just outside Drumkeen: 5
| Newtown BridgeRegional rating (NIAH) · 500 m outside the town |
| House, Callanacor MilltownRegional rating (NIAH) · 200 m outside the town |
| Barn, MagheracorranRegional rating (NIAH) · 1.6 km outside the town |
| House, Stroangibbagh (Lettermore)Regional rating (NIAH) · 2.1 km outside the town |
| Kiln, MeenavoyRegional rating (NIAH) · 2.5 km outside the town |
Little of Drumkeen’s housing predates 1919: 2.4%, the norm is 3.4%
Against a typical 24%, only 18% of Drumkeen’s homes went up from 1946 to 1980. Homes dated between the wars are scarcer in Drumkeen than in most towns: 0%, against 3.9%. More of the homes standing in Drumkeen today were built from 1981 to 2000 than in any other period: 34%.
Census 2022, households by the year their home was built (CSO, Small Area Population Statistics, CC BY 4.0); the typical town is the middle Irish town of 2,500 or more.
Drumkeen and its neighbours
| Town | People | National Inventory | National | Archaeological sites |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Drumkeen | 333 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| Convoy | 1,702 | 13 | 0 | 4 |
| Ballybofey-Stranorlar | 5,406 | 27 | 0 | 8 |
| Raphoe | 1,161 | 27 | 0 | 14 |
| Letterkenny | 22,549 | 81 | 0 | 42 |
| Lifford | 1,613 | 19 | 1 | 9 |
Drumkeen in brief
Its homes are mostly newer: 2.4% were built before 1919, against 3.4% in the typical town. Otherwise the figures are ordinary: it also has 2 archaeological sites.
What this data can and can’t tell you
- The National Inventory. The State’s survey of post-1700 buildings, made county by county since 1990 (NIAH); a few records are older. It records; it does not protect.
- Ratings. International and National: of significance across Ireland or beyond. Regional: in its region. Local and record-only buildings get no page here.
- Archaeology. The Sites and Monuments Record (National Monuments Service) lists known archaeological sites; the national monuments to visit and the sites with an encyclopedia article get pages here.
- Protection. Both registers are surveys, not protection: a building is protected by its council’s Record of Protected Structures, and no national open list joins the 31 councils’ records.
- The grade. Ireland’s History grade is not built yet: the page describes, and gives no grade.
Questions about Drumkeen’s history
How many historic buildings are recorded in Drumkeen?
0 buildings on the National Inventory, from the National Inventory of Architectural Heritage.
Are there archaeological sites in Drumkeen?
Yes: the Sites and Monuments Record lists 2 archaeological sites inside Drumkeen.
How old are the homes in Drumkeen?
2.4% of its homes were built before 1919, against 3.4% in the typical town.
Are the buildings on this page protected?
Being on the National Inventory or the Sites and Monuments Record is a record, not protection by itself: buildings are protected by their council’s Record of Protected Structures, which each council keeps and no national open list gathers, so this page can’t say which are on it.
History is described here, not graded.
Source: National Inventory of Architectural Heritage and Sites and Monuments Record, Department of Housing, Local Government and Heritage (CC BY 4.0); Wikidata (CC0).
Sources: National Inventory of Architectural Heritage (buildingsofireland.ie) · Sites and Monuments Record and the National Monuments Service’s monuments to visit · CSO Census 2022 (homes by the year built) · Photos: Wikimedia Commons, including the National Library of Ireland’s collections, each credited with its licence and copied to our own server · Wikidata (CC0) for other names and articles. Under Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 (CC BY 4.0).
Contains Central Statistics Office (CSO) data, Census 2022, and Tailte Éireann boundaries (CSO Urban Areas, Small Areas, local electoral areas, constituencies), under Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 (CC BY 4.0).