What is recorded here

Kilbarron holds three low stones aligned northeast to southwest that defy tomb labels because no chamber exists beneath them. The contradiction between deliberate placement and empty function suggests humans marked a threshold rather than buried a body. Perhaps they recorded a river crossing, a seasonal shadow, or a warning about ground that swallows footprints. The stones still point across the valley like a sentence missing its verb.

This feature, not shown on OS 6-inch maps, is listed in the SMR for County Donegal (1987) as a megalithic tomb. There are three low stones here, lying approximately NE-SW, but, although they appear deliberately set, they are not part of a megalithic tomb. SMR 1987, 103:49; RMP 1995, 103:49. 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). Date of upload: 22 September 2008

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