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Garrynakilla burial ground is an oval-shaped area 21.7m x 17.3m with an entrance gap through the stone wall to the ENE. The interior is flat and has been ploughed. A local tradition records a cross-inscribed stone (DG096-007002-) in the NNW part of the graveyard but it no longer survives. There is, however, a natural erratic in this part of the graveyard. 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
A portal dolmen; likely dating to the Neolithic or early Bronze Age. Its location within a defined burial ground suggests it was part of a ritual or funerary landscape, though specific significance remains unclear due to limited recorded details.

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