What is recorded here

In 1773, a massive slab measuring twenty-eight feet long and twenty-five feet broad lay exposed in Linsfort, marked with cavities, cups and possible decoration. People called it a druidical altar, yet it vanished before modern measurement could confirm whether it was a tomb, an altar or a natural formation misread by human hands. The stone may have been buried by soil, broken for building or simply forgotten beneath the Inishowen fields, leaving behind a shape large enough to swallow a house but thin enough to disappear without a trace.

A 'druidical altar' was found 'lying on the ground' in this townland, on the Inishowen peninsula, in 1773. The feature was a large slab, 28 feet (c. 8.55m) long and 25 feet (c. 7.6m) broad, full of cavities and cups and possibly decorated (Gough 1789). It has not been found, and its nature is uncertain. Gough 1789, vol. 3, 645 (sketch facing p. 603); Graves 1864-74, 427-8; Graves 1876-8, 289-90. 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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