Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Standing stone
Carrowreagh Or Craignacally, County Donegal, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Carrowreagh Or Craignacally
- County
- Donegal
- Country
- Ireland
- Latest-edition OS map
- Not indicated
- Coordinates
- 55.29589, -7.34568
- SMR number
- DG003-020----
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Shown on 4 historical map sheets, the earliest the 1841 "Ireland." (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries).
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The National Monuments Service's description
Described by Van Hoek in 1988 as 'This rock (DG003-007----) has now been located. It is not covered (as was suggested by Van Hoek, 1987a), but the inscriptions are very much weathered. The rock lies a few metres to the W of the nearby standing stone (DG003-020) (Van Hoek 1987a, fig. 2) and is a large slab projecting northwards from an old low wall; it slopes 15 degrees SE. On it are the two cup-and-ring devices previously reported, plus three extra cupmarks. In the vicinity of DON 10 (DG003-007-) have come to light eight further decorated stones (DON 10A to 10H)' (Van Hoek 1988, 46).
Van Hoek, M.A. M. (1988) 'The prehistoric rock art of County Donegal (part II)' UJA vol. 51, 21-48.
Situated in rushy bogland this is the site of a possible standing stone (H 0.9m; base wth 1.3m; top Wth 0.96m; T 0.18m) which does not display the characteristic features of a standing stone and would suggest that this may be natural and not an archaeological monument. However its close proximity to a panel of rock art (DG003-007-) located 28m to the NW may suggest that this stone is of prehistoric date.
Nearby in the register
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.