Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Cross-inscribed stone
Leac Chonaill, County Donegal, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Leac Chonaill
- County
- Donegal
- Country
- Ireland
- First-edition OS map
- NULL
- Latest-edition OS map
- NULL
- Coordinates
- 54.76095, -8.49813
- SMR number
- DG073-037003-
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
A natural rock outcrop 1.25m x 1.03m x .28m giving the appearance of a standing stone. A small cross (DG073-037003-) is carved on the SW face near the base. The top and base of the cross have T-bars but the arms are indistinct. A holy well (DG073-037002-) was located in a field of good land to the W but it is now filled in. Nearby, carved on an erratic boulder (DG073-037001-) 2m x 1.33m x .6m is a rock-basin .25m in diameter and 0.15m deep.
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
- Ritual site - holy wellunder 1 mi
- Bullaun stoneunder 1 mi
- Ritual site - holy wellunder 1 mi
- Megalithic tomb - portal tombunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.