What is recorded here

Druid's Grave, County Donegal: a round cairn holding a large cist with a human skeleton and two small pottery vessels, found around 1830. The name suggests people believed a druid lay there, though no written account identifies the person. Under Donegal rain, that uncertainty is the point: a dead stranger became a teacher in the telling, and the stones still keep the claim alive.

This feature, named 'Druid's Grave' on the original OS 6-inch map (1834-5), is a round cairn in which a large cist containing a human skeleton and two small pottery vessels were found in around 1830 (OS Name Book, 1834; Fagan 1845-8; Waddell 1990, 70). OS Name Book, Kilmacrenan parish (1834-5), book 1, 42; Fagan 1845-8, book 9, 6; OS Revision Name Book, sheet 44 (1847-9), 33; Kinahan 1889, 283 ('cave' seems to refer); Borlase 1897, 233, Kilmacrenan no. 23; A.I. Young 1929, 8 ('at Dun-owen'); Killanin and Duignan 1962, 336; Killanin and Duignan 1967, 337; Lacy 1983, 59-60, no. 238; Ó Nualláin 1983a, 46, no. 142; SMR 1987, 44:5; Waddell 1990, 70; RMP 1995, 44:5. 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

Round cairn, likely dating to the Early Bronze Age. Its significance lies in the discovery of a human skeleton and pottery vessels, providing evidence of burial practices from this period.

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