placenamesDuleek
Damhliag
Redmountain’s vernacular buildings and archaeological work at Cruicerath reveal different periods in the surrounding countryside.
The name
These Irish name elements are associated with this record in the Logainm glossary.
An element’s translation is a clue, rather than a complete explanation of the name. Its form and meaning depend on local history and the full Irish name.
Recorded forms
- Damhliag · Irish · main form
- Duleek · English · main form
Place & story
Mud walls at Redmountain
A farmhouse at Redmountain, dated to about 1870 by the architectural inventory, combines mud and rubble-stone walls. Its single-storey frontage retains traces of sash windows and a central windbreak. The survey recorded a corrugated-metal roof and a central chimney, identifying an example of the modest rural buildings once common in the countryside. [2]
An outbuilding drawn in 1866
Earlier buildings on the same site survive in fragmentary form. The inventory connects one outbuilding with a painting made by George Victor Du Noyer in 1866, showing a small, single-roomed dwelling beneath thatch. That dated image provides evidence for an earlier building alongside the farmhouse, rather than a construction date for the farmhouse itself. [2]
Possible prehistoric occupation
At Cruicerath, testing reported by archaeologist Ellen O'Carroll in 2004 examined features exposed during earlier soil stripping. Ditches, gullies and a possible Neolithic house extended across two fields, with flint scrapers among the stray finds. Five features were recommended for excavation. The report's cautious identification leaves the proposed house as a possibility requiring further investigation. [3]
Geographic information
Sources & further reading
- Logainm.ie — Duleek. Place names and geographic record, licensed under CC BY 4.0.
- Redmountain farmhouse, NIAH14402702 · National Inventory of Architectural Heritage
- 2004:1214, Cruicerath, licence04E1551 · Ellen O’Carroll, The Archaeology Company; Excavations.ie
Name record retrieved 2026-10-25 · Source record modified 2017-12-01. How this page was prepared.