Mullanacross Burial Mound and Stone Chamber

According to Deery (1948, 102-3), Henry Morris found a stone-built chamber 10 feet (c. 3.05m) long (E-W) and 71/2 feet (c. 2.3m) wide when excavating a mound in this townland in 1927. Among the finds was a stone axe recovered from what appears to have been a disturbed context near the top of the mound. The mound, round in outline, stands immediately N of a roadside fence. It measures 8m N-S by 6m E-W and over 1m high. Its eastern edge has been removed to facilitate a gateway. When visited, in 1994, the mound was overgrown and difficult to examine. Some stones visible at the mound surface seemed to be set. However, their age and function were not clear. As they seemed to be set in the mound rather than in the old ground surface beneath, it is unlikely that they formed part of a megalithic chamber. 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

Neolithic passage tomb, dating to approximately 3500–2500 BCE. Its stone-built chamber and associated artefacts, such as the stone axe, indicate its significance as a ritual or burial site from one of the earliest farming communities in the region.