What is recorded here

One stone still stands in Cloghfin, less than a metre high but broad enough to block a person’s path. The other lies beside it, long and flat, yet a smooth unweathered section proves it once rose against the sky. They occupy good level land where rain collects and grass grows thick, suggesting humans chose the spot for visibility rather than hidden meaning. The fallen stone may have collapsed during a storm or been knocked over by curiosity, but its smooth skin remembers the days when both markers watched the same horizon.

Two standing stones are noted here on the OS 6-inch maps but only one is now standing. It is .94m high × 0.8m wide × 0.8m thick; NNE-SSW. The other stone, 2.94m long × 0.84m wide × 0.48m thick is now lying beside it but part of it is unweathered indicating that it was once standing. Situated in a low-lying position on good level 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

Likely dating to the Bronze Age, the standing stone may have served a ceremonial or territorial function. Such stones are often associated with ritual activity or as markers for ancient pathways and boundaries.

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