What is recorded here

No stone remains in Claggan to mark the dead. The Cloghcorr Stones, two rows of uprights enclosed by a wall, were torn out within four years of Thomas Fagan's 1845 visit, erasing whatever ritual or burial they had held.

Thomas Fagan (1845-8), on the basis of local information supplied to him when visiting Horn Head peninsula in 1845, recorded the destruction of 'a supposed Druid's Altar' called the 'Cloghcorr Stones' in this townland. It stood on a slight rise adjoining Claggan Upper, the name assigned to a group of houses in the townland. It was reportedly encircled by 'a wall or parapet' and consisted of several large upright stones 2-4 feet (c. 0.6-1.2m) high and arranged in two rows a few feet apart with a pillar at either end. All had been removed during the four years before Fagan's visit. His second-hand account could relate to a megalithic tomb, but without further evidence this cannot be accepted as one. Fagan 1845-8, book 1, 21. 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

Megalithic tomb; likely Neolithic or early Bronze Age in origin. The reference to the 'Cloghcorr Stones' suggests a significant prehistoric ritual or ceremonial site, though its exact type remains unidentified.

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