What is recorded here

Standing stone in Newtowncunningham stands 1.63m high on good land, with a large slab beside it and smaller stones around its base. It is the kind of place where people may have marked ownership, prayed, remembered death or simply watched the sky turn above Donegal. Some stones are not mysteries but witnesses, holding human life steady long after the names have faded.

A standing stone 1.63m high × 1m wide × 0.75m thick; N-S. There is a large slab, c. 1.1m × 1.15m, lying beside it and some boulders and small slabs surround its base. Some, at least, are the result of field clearance. Situated on good land, on a level shoulder generally rising to E. 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

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