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Indicated as 'Friar's Grave' on the OS 6-inch maps. Borlase (1897) listed this site as a possible 'dolmen' on the basis of its name on the OS 6-inch map. It is a small heap of stones beside a holy well (DG038-002----) (Lacy 1983).
OS Name Book, Fahan Upper parish (1833-4), 1; OS Revision Name Book, sheet 38 (1847-8), 45; Borlase 1897, 230, Inishowen West no. 4; Somerville 1929, 164; Killanin and Duignan 1962, 113; Killanin and Duignan 1967, 127; Lacy 1983, 305, no. 1708; SMR 1987, 38:2; Colhoun 1995, 82; RMP 1995, 38:2.
There is a hilltop enclosure (DG038-001001-) on the ridge top immediately to SW.
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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