Cloghagadaide

In a coniferous forest, on flat ground. A row of three stones, two of which are upright, aligned NNE-SSW. The NNE stone (c. 0.75m x 0.6m) is prostrate but when upright would have been at least 1.6m high. The centre stone is the tallest (H 1.7m; 0.8m x 0.55m) and its long axis is transverse to the alignment of the row. The SSW stone (H 0.6m; 0.6m x 0.6m) is also upright. The stones are known locally as 'Clogh a gadaide or the Thief's stone' (O'Rorke [1889], vol. 2, 239). (Kilgannon 1926, 241-2) The above description is derived from the published 'Archaeological Inventory of County Sligo' compiled by Ursula Egan, Elizabeth Byrne, Mary Sleeman with Sheila Ronan and Connie Murphy (Dublin Stationery Office, 2005). Date of upload: 18 January 2008

A local standing stone or piece of rock art; wider significance not recorded.