What is recorded here

No tomb is visible now. The hill keeps white stones scattered like broken teeth, and the smallest chamber may have vanished beneath soil, fire or forgetting. What remains is a name waiting for shape, a promise the land has not kept.

According to Harkin (1893), there is 'an immense cromlech' on Cronamadda recte Croaghnamaddy, a hill c. 2.4km SW of Dunglow. This hill lies in the above townland and in the adjoining townlands of Loughsalt and Meendrain. A limited search of the hill revealed no trace of an artificial structure that may have merited the name 'Cromlech'. Many large erratics lie scattered on the hill, and one of these may have been incorrectly identified as a 'Cromlech'. Harkin 1893, 69; P.J. McGill 1974, 58. 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 in Cró Na Madadh is likely a portal dolmen, dating to the Neolithic period. Its significance lies in contributing to the understanding of early megalithic traditions in the region.

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