What is recorded here

Carndonagh South Pillar Stone stood beside a high cross and another sculpture until erosion threatened them. People moved the group into a covered area near Carndonagh graveyard, preserving what the coastline wanted to take. The empty marker now points toward that rescue rather than describing a lost place.

This monument number records the original location of a stone sculpture, one of two (the other is DG011-035008-) flanking a high cross (DG011-035005-), a National Monument in state ownership (no. 271). The location is indicated as ‘Cross’ on the 1836 and 1907 OS 6-inch maps. The high cross and two stone sculptures were moved to protect them from erosion. They were moved to a covered area located immediately to the E of Carndonagh graveyard (DG011-035006-). The present location of these monuments is recorded under the numbers: DG011-035009-; DG011-035010-; DG011-035011-, where descriptions of the monuments can be read. Attached images: DG011-035008-_01 Stone sculpture –E face DG011-035008-_02 Stone sculpture –E face Date of revised upload: 8 February 2018

Former Site of Carndonagh South Pillar Stone; likely early medieval in date, associated with Christian monastic activity, and originally part of a ceremonial or liturgical setting surrounding a high cross.

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