Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Standing stone
Fána Bhuí, County Donegal, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Fána Bhuí
- County
- Donegal
- Country
- Ireland
- Latest-edition OS map
- Not indicated
- Coordinates
- 55.05793, -8.14099
- SMR number
- DG033-005----
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Shown on 4 historical map sheets, the earliest the 1881 "Ireland to Illustrate the Military Condition of the Country." (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries).
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The National Monuments Service's description
On a low knoll at the N end of Lough Trusk, in a valley of rough, heather-covered boggy terrain. Truskmore, a steep-sided rocky ridge, borders the E side of the lake, and a lower, heather-covered ridge defines the W side of the valley. The standing stone is located on the level top of the low knoll; the S side of the knoll slopes gently down for c. 45m to the N shore of the lake. A stream flows N from the NE shore of the lake, c. 50m to E of the stone.
An upright, rectangular-shaped stone slab (H 0.9m; Wth 0.33m; max T 0.33m at WNW end), long axis ESE−WSW, set firmly in the ground. The stone tapers on its long axis from the broader WNW end (T 33cm) to a thin pointed edge (T 2-5cm) at ESE. The top rises gently towards the ESE. The surface of the stone is blotched with lichen.
Attached images:
DG033-005----_01.JPG Viewed from N
DG033-005----_02.JPG Viewed from S
Compiled by: Jane O’Shaughnessy
Date of upload: 21 February 2022
Nearby in the register
- Ringfort - unclassifiedunder 1 mi
- Cairn - burial cairn2 mi
- Ringfort - cashel2 mi
- Crannog2 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.