Cloghtogle — Clonmany Glebe

This feature was first shown on the 1848 edition of the OS 6-inch map, where it is named 'Cloghtogle'. It stood on a slight ridge between the Clonmany River and its tributary, the Ballyhallan River, c. 3.5km SE of Tullagh Bay on the NW coast of the Inishowen peninsula. There is outcropping rock at the site and a scatter of stones, at least some of them fragments of larger stones that appear to have been deliberately smashed. There is no reliable trace now of any artificial structure here. The following account of the feature is contained in an OS Revision Name Book (1848): 'This monument is composed of flag stones set on their edges, and a large flag or covering stone on top 6 feet [c. 1.8m] long and 3 feet [c. 0.9m] broad, at the west end is an upright stone, all of which are from 3 to 6 feet [c. 0.9m to 1.8m] long and enclosing this sepulchral monument and not unlike others of druidical remains called Labby Dermot and Grania'. This account indicates that there was some form of megalithic chamber here, but its nature remains uncertain. The feature seems to have been destroyed by the end of the 19th century, as only 'a clump of cropping rock' was noted here in 1900-1901 (OS 1:2,500 Name Book). OS Revision Name Book, sheet 10 (1848), 34; OS 1:2,500 Name Book, sheet 10 (1900-1901), 35; Colhoun 1949, 117; Killanin and Duignan 1962, 162; Killanin and Duignan 1967, 172; Ó Nualláin 1983a, 47, no. 151 (incorrectly identifies Somerville 1928, figure opposite p. 66, as this site; it is Cloontagh, App. 2, No. 12); Colhoun 1995, 27; RMP 1995, 10:38. 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