Excavation Number 97E0356c revealed a complex multi-period site that, despite severe disturbance from tree roots and waterlogged conditions, offered tantalising glimpses into thousands of years of human activity in this corner of County Donegal.

The earliest features discovered included a shallow ditch running northwest to southeast, measuring 6.2 metres long and just over half a metre deep. Within this otherwise sterile ditch, archaeologists found a curious arrangement: a 60cm piece of timber deliberately placed and supported at both ends by stones and wood. Surrounding the ditch were 21 stake-holes and small pits, possibly the remnants of ancient windbreaks or a light wooden shelter. To the north, a rough metalled surface of 2.2 by 2.6 metres suggested some form of work area, whilst charcoal spreads to the southeast hinted at industrial or domestic activities from prehistory.

Later occupation left its own marks on the landscape. A semicircular stone hearth, 1.6 metres across and resting on a bed of charcoal and peaty soil, represented a second phase of activity, whilst three stone field drains running through the northern section likely date to post-medieval times. Though no artefacts were recovered and radiocarbon dating was still pending at the time of excavation, the site's stratigraphy suggests continuous, if intermittent, human use from prehistoric times through to the relatively recent past; a palimpsest of daily life written in ditches, post-holes, and hearth stones beneath the Donegal soil.