What is recorded here

This feature has been listed as a 'dolmen' (Borlase 1897). According to the OS Memoir (1834), it was an altar used as a place of worship by the local population. There is now no trace of it. OS Memoirs, Tullyaughnish parish (1834), 37; Kinahan 1889, 282; Borlase 1897, 233, Kilmacrenan no. 21; RMP 1995, 37:24. The above description was published in the 'Survey of the Megalithic Tombs of Ireland. Volume VI, County Donegal.' Compiled by: Eamon Cody (Dublin: Stationery Office, 2002). Date of upload: 22 September 2008

Linked to pre-Christian worship, the site was considered a sacred altar by the local population, though no specific saint, cure, or Christian tradition is associated with it. Its original function may have been ritual or ceremonial, reflecting ancient Celtic or earlier pagan practices in the region.

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