What is recorded here

Doon Glebe held a standing stone marked with thirty-three shallow cup-dimples, set at the foot of Glendoon Hill beside the Swilly river. The stone stood 0.65m high, 0.77m wide and 0.47m thick, facing east-west, with most marks across its top and south face. By June 2013 it had vanished from the marshy ground, leaving only the memory of small cups pressed into rock near water.

A standing stone 0.65m high × 0.77m wide × 0.47m thick orientated E-W. There are 14 shallow cup-marks on the S face, 1 on the W face and 18 on the top surface. Situated at the foot of Glendoon Hill on low-lying marshy ground close to the Swilly river. This standing stone has been reported as missing in June 2013 (SMR file). 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 this instance the record has been revised and updated. The image of the stone was taken in 1980-81 in the course of the Archaeological Survey of County Donegal (photograph: Paul Walsh). Revised by: Paul Walsh Date of upload: 25 September 2013

Likely dating to the Neolithic or Bronze Age, this standing stone with multiple cup-marks may have had ritual or ceremonial significance, possibly linked to water or landscape features. Cup-marked stones are often associated with symbolic or astronomical functions in prehistoric contexts.

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