Megalithic tomb - unclassified

The National Monuments Service's description

This feature is named 'Giant's Grave' on the original OS 6-inch map (1834). It does not appear on later editions of the map, and there is now no trace of it. According to an entry in an OS Name Book (1834), the name applied to some stones, but no details are provided. The only indication that there may have been a megalithic tomb here is the name accorded to the site on the OS 6-inch map.
In referring to this site Borlase (1897) also drew attention to two nearby features. One, in Ballynakeeloge townland, is named 'Carn' on OS 6-inch sheet 19. The other, named 'Split Rock' on the same sheet (1834 edition only) is on a mountain peak at the junction of three townlands, Ballynakeeloge, Fallask and Connaghkinnagoe. The former is a small cairn (Lacy 1983, 60, no. 240), and the latter is undoubtedly a natural feature.
OS Name Book, Fahan Lower parish (1834), 25; Borlase 1897, 230, Inishowen West no. 2 (Borlase was in error in supposing that this is the 'cromleach near Buncrana' mentioned by Doherty 1891, 65); Killanin and Duignan 1962, 113; Killanin and Duignan 1967, 127; Ó Nualláin 1983a, 48, no. 168; SMR 1987, 29:9; RMP 1995, 29:9.

The above description was published in the 'Survey of the Megalithic Tombs of Ireland. Volume VI, County Donegal.' Compiled by: Eamon Cody (Dublin: Stationery Office, 2002).

Date of upload: 22 September 2008