An Staca Mór [Stackamore]

Freestanding navigation beacon on tapering round plan, erected c.1810. Constructed of rubble stone masonry with remains of lighting beacon(?) to head. Painted white. Located a short distance north of the navigation channel linking An Leadbh Gharbh [Leabgarrow] on Árainn Mhór [Aran Island] with Ailt an Chorráin [Burtonport] on the mainland.

This simple but conspicuous and well-built feature forms part of the extensive and interesting maritime heritage of Dún na nGall [County Donegal]. It is robustly constructed using local rubble masonry and is painted white to make more visible when approaching the main landing place on Árainn Mhór [Aran Island]. Its date is uncertain, but it was at the time of the Ordnance Survey edition of about 1837, being indicated as an 'obelisk', and was later indicated as Stackamore (Ordnance Survey edition of about 1906).