What is recorded here
Balleeghan Upper holds a narrow standing stone, one metre fifteen tall and fifty-seven centimetres wide, leaning slightly across level pasture. It has watched cattle, rain and forgotten foottraffic for generations, steady enough to mark a boundary, a meeting place or a warning nobody remembers. The land around it is ordinary, which makes the stone’s patience more striking.
A standing stone c. 1.15m high × c. 0.57m wide; NW-SE. Situated on level pasture land.
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
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- What survives
- Recorded monument
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