What is recorded here
Megalithic tomb in Málainn Bhig may not exist. Killanin and Duignan claimed one in 1962, then dropped it in 1967. The sea, time or human error erased it. What disappeared is not worth inventing back.
Killanin and Duignan (1962) have claimed that there is a prehistoric chamber tomb near Trabane Strand in this townland. It has not been possible to find it. The omission of any reference to this in the second edition of The Shell guide to Ireland (Killanin and Duignan 1967) suggests that by then the authors had reason to doubt its existence.
Killanin and Duignan 1962, 290.
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
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- What survives
- Recorded monument
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