Pillar (site of) — Ballynagallagh

No surface remains visible of the site of a standing stone which stood on the E side of an ancient roadway known locally as 'Cladh na Leac' (LI032-041001-). The site is annotated as 'Pillar (site of)' on the 1927 map. A cairn or burial mound (LI032-041002-) known locally as 'The Hero's Grave' is annotated on the 1927 ed. OS 6-inch map where it is shown standing beside the standing stone. A megalithic tomb known as 'Leaba-na-muice' (LI032-046----) lies 315m to NNE, the church (LI032-043002-) and graveyard (LI032-043003-) of Mainister na Galliagh (Monastery of the Nun's) lies 190m to E, a megalithic structure annotated as a 'Giant's Grave' (LI032-045001-) stands 210m to S. In 1913 the following account was recorded; 'A pillar stone and a burial mound (LI032-041002-) stand about 300 yards south-west of the Leaba-na-muice (LI032-046----) in this townland, and there is also a second dolmen here, and two others to the south near the houses of Messrs. Leo and Leahy, along the line called Cladh na leac (LI032-041001-)' (Lynch 1913, 12). Today there are no surface remains visible of any standing stone in the area marked on the OS 6-inch map. Compiled by: Caimin O’Brien Date of upload: 5 July 2018