Altar in Baile Na Bó, penal mass station in County Donegal

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What is recorded here

This feature, listed by Borlase (1897) as a 'dolmen', was later described as a 'chamber tomb' (Killanin and Duignan 1962; 1967). This is an altar at which, it is locally believed, Mass was celebrated during the era of the Penal laws. Borlase 1897, 230, Kilmacrenan no. 1; Killanin and Duignan 1962, 298; Killanin and Duignan 1967, 300; SMR 1987, 25:47; RMP 1995, 25:47. 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).

From the National Monuments Service (Archaeological Survey of Ireland) record DG025-047

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