What is recorded here

Kinahan saw two crosses in 1885, but time has sanded one away, leaving a single ghost mark on the western face. The stone stands thirty-six metres from a cist, holding its ground while human memory blurs. Perhaps the second cross belonged to a forgotten prayer, erased not by malice but by rain and patience. What remains is enough to prove the place was sacred, even if the exact worship has dissolved into the Donegal sky.

A standing stone 1.65m high × 1m wide × 0.7m thick; NNW-SSE. A previous account (Kinahan 1885-6, 427) records two crosses inscribed on it. Only one badly weathered cross is now visible, on the W face. Situated in a prominent position, c. 36m W of a cist (DG054-041) discovered in 1976. The above description was derived from the 'Archaeological Survey of County Donegal. A description of the field antiquities of the County from the Mesolithic Period to the 17th century.' Compiled by: Brian Lacey with Eamon Cody, Claire Cotter, Judy Cuppage, Noel Dunne, Vincent Hurley, Celie O'Rahilly, Paul Walsh and Seán Ó Nualláin (Lifford: Donegal County Council, 1983). In certain instances the entries have been revised and updated. Date of upload: 22 September 2008

Likely dating to the early medieval period, the cross-inscribed stone may have had a Christian ritual or commemorative function. Such stones often marked territorial boundaries, served as waymarkers, or were associated with local saints and pilgrimage routes.

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