Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Standing stone
Cloghfin (killen Ed), County Donegal, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Cloghfin (killen Ed)
- County
- Donegal
- Country
- Ireland
- First-edition OS map
- NULL
- Latest-edition OS map
- NULL
- Coordinates
- 54.94712, -7.44743
- SMR number
- DG055-023001-
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 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
Two standing stones are noted here on the OS 6-inch maps but only one is now standing. It is .94m high × 0.8m wide × 0.8m thick; NNE-SSW. The other stone, 2.94m long × 0.84m wide × 0.48m thick is now lying beside it but part of it is unweathered indicating that it was once standing. Situated in a low-lying position on good level land.
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
- Standing stoneunder 1 mi
- Standing stoneunder 1 mi
- Standing stoneunder 1 mi
- Castle - unclassifiedunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.