What is recorded here

Two stones stand knee-deep in boggy mountain terrain, aligned northeast to southwest and separated by less than a metre. They emerge from a low cairn like broken teeth through gumflesh, the southern one taller and narrower, the northern one shorter and broader. Whoever placed them worked in darkness or desperation, marking a line no longer visible but still remembered by the shape of the earth around them.

Two standing stones aligned NE-SW, set 0.75m apart, and partially surrounded by a stone cairn (DG012-018003-). The S stone stands 1.3m high above the top of the cairn and is .82m wide; the N stone stands .8m high above the top of the cairn and has a maximum width of 1.11m. The cairn is 3m long × 2.7m wide × 0.7m high. Situated on open boggy mountain terrain. 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

Likely dating to the Neolithic or Bronze Age, this pair of standing stones may have functioned as a ritual or astronomical marker, possibly linked to solar alignments given their NE-SW orientation. Such stone pairs are sometimes associated with burial or ceremonial practices in early Irish landscapes.

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