What is recorded here

Cloghtogle is a two-metre standing stone in County Donegal bearing a large inscribed cross, a miniature cross and two small circular depressions. First marked on the 1848 OS 6-inch map, it still stands as a cross-inscribed pillar rather than a forgotten ruin. The small holes may have held offerings, oils or markers, but that remains wonder rather than fact.

This site was first shown on the 1848 edition of the OS 6-inch map. It is a standing stone, 2m high, on one face of which is a large inscribed cross, a miniature cross and two small circular depressions. OS Revision Name Book, sheet 4 (1848), 13; Lacy 1983, 282-3, no. 1594; Ó Nualláin 1983a, 49, no. 174; SMR 1987, 4:48; Colhoun 1995, 12-13, no. 4/20; RMP 1995, 4:48. 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

Likely dating to the early Christian period (5th–10th centuries), the stone probably served a religious or commemorative function. The cross and depressions may indicate ritual use or association with local Christian tradition.

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