Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Standing stone
Clonca, County Donegal, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Clonca
- County
- Donegal
- Country
- Ireland
- Coordinates
- 55.26740, -7.17694
- SMR number
- DG012-001001-
Slide toward Today to fade the historical sheet and see the modern map underneath.
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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
The standing stone recorded here (M. R. Calhoun) has now collapsed. It is 1.95m long × 0.9m maximum width and there is a depression, 8.5cms deep × 4cms in diameter, at one end. Situated on level pasture land to the SW of the Church at Clonca. A cross-slab (DG012-002009-) came from the same field.
The above description was derived from the 'Archaeological Survey of County Donegal. A description of the field antiquities of the County from the Mesolithic Period to the 17th century.' Compiled by: Brian Lacey with Eamon Cody, Claire Cotter, Judy Cuppage, Noel Dunne, Vincent Hurley, Celie O'Rahilly, Paul Walsh and Seán Ó Nualláin (Lifford: Donegal County Council, 1983). In certain instances the entries have been revised and updated.
Date of upload: 22 September 2008
Nearby in the register
- Enclosureunder 1 mi
- Ritual site - holy wellunder 1 mi
- Cross-slabunder 1 mi
- Cross - High crossunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.