What is recorded here

Killycolman is known for a vanished underground passage that once opened beside a standing stone. The stone has a Maltese cross cut inside a circle, but its upper marks have faded until they barely answer the touch. It left that pasture and now stands in the grounds of St. Joseph's Church in Rathmullen, carrying the shape of the lost place while the passage itself disappeared without a trace.

Marked as a standing stone on the 2nd and 3rd editions of the OS 6-inch maps, this slab (DG028-012001-) has now been removed to the grounds of St. Joseph's Church in Rathmullen (DG037-023). It consists of a regularly shaped slab 1.6m x .36m. On one face a Maltese cross inside a circle has been incised, but only faint traces of the upper portions can be seen. It was originally located at the position outlined above, allegedly beside the entrance to a Man-made underground passage (DG028-012002-) (NMI) but no trace of this is visible now. The site is in gently rising pasture. 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

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