Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Standing stone - pair
Ballymagaraghy, County Donegal, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Ballymagaraghy
- County
- Donegal
- Country
- Ireland
- First-edition OS map
- Not indicated
- Latest-edition OS map
- Not indicated
- Coordinates
- 55.26844, -7.04460
- SMR number
- DG012-018001-
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 "Scotland (Southern part). XIII" (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries).
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The National Monuments Service's description
Two standing stones aligned NE-SW, set 0.75m apart, and partially surrounded by a stone cairn (DG012-018003-). The S stone stands 1.3m high above the top of the cairn and is .82m wide; the N stone stands .8m high above the top of the cairn and has a maximum width of 1.11m. The cairn is 3m long × 2.7m wide × 0.7m high. Situated on open boggy mountain terrain.
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
- Cairn - unclassifiedunder 1 mi
- Standing stoneunder 1 mi
- Megalithic tomb - court tombunder 1 mi
- Children's burial groundunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.