Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Inscribed stone
Clonca, County Donegal, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Clonca
- County
- Donegal
- Country
- Ireland
- First-edition OS map
- Not indicated
- Latest-edition OS map
- Not indicated
- Coordinates
- 55.26788, -7.17364
- SMR number
- DG012-002003-
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
Set into the wall of Clonca church (DG012-002001-), National Monument (no. 25).
Built into the external wall face at the N end of the W wall is a small stone (L 0.32; H 0.15m) bearing a mallet and chisel device above a now fragmentary inscription which reads: '(. . . . . .) An O'Dubdagan do Ri (gne. . . . . . cl) og so do Domnall o (R. . . . . .)’ [Translation: …O'Dubdagan who made. . . this stone for Domnall O R]. (Macalister 1949, 115-6, No. 948).
The above description is 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 Lacy 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.
Attached images:
DG012-002003_01.JPG
DG012-002003_02.JPG
Date of upload: 22 September 2008
Nearby in the register
- Bullaun stoneunder 1 mi
- Graveslabunder 1 mi
- Churchunder 1 mi
- Architectural fragmentunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.