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A heritage day out in County Donegal

Everything this site lists for County Donegal in one place: 526 entries across holy wells, pattern days, monuments, castles and the coast. Each links to the record or page it comes from. More about County Donegal →

On this site for County Donegal
Holy wells 165Pattern days 1Round towers 2High crosses 12Ogham stones 0Mass rocks 31Sweathouses 5Megalithic tombs 235Crannógs 26Abbeys and friaries 9Castles 11Lighthouses 12Award beaches 16National parks 1
Holy wells · 165

From: Sites and Monuments Record (Republic); Wikidata for Northern Ireland. Holy wells page →

Pattern days · 1
  • Malin Well · 15 August ("Malin Well Fair"); also St John's Eve per an 1814 account · Ballygorman · “A pattern called "Malin Well Fair" was held on 15 August at this shore well near Malin Head, described as having tents and drinking but no praying.” · SMR DG002-003 ↗

From: Sites and Monuments Record descriptions and Wikipedia. Pattern days page →

Round towers · 2
  • Raphoe Townparks · “There was formerly a round tower at Raphoe.” · SMR DG070-003004- ↗ · map ↗
  • Toraigh · “Literary references to Tory appear to begin in the 7th century and continue throughout the early and later medieval period indicating its ecclesiastical nature.” · SMR DG006-002004- ↗ · map ↗

From: Sites and Monuments Record. Round towers page →

High crosses · 12
  • Carrowmore (Gleneely Ed) · “Just beyond the N side of this wall is a flat-topped boulder (dims. L 1.2m x Wth 0.43m) with the remains of a socket (dims. Wth 0.17m x D 0.45m) which may be the base of a high cross.” · SMR DG011-049003- ↗ · map ↗
  • Carrowmore (Gleneely Ed) · “Just beyond the N side of this wall is a flat-topped boulder which may be the base of a high cross.” · SMR DG011-049005- ↗ · map ↗
  • Carrowmore (Gleneely Ed) · “Just beyond the N side of this wall is a flat-topped boulder which may be the base of a high cross.” · SMR DG011-049006- ↗ · map ↗
  • Churchland Quarters · “This monument number records the original location of a high cross, which is a National Monument in state ownership (no. 271).” · SMR DG011-035005- ↗ · map ↗
  • Churchland Quarters · present location of a moved object · “This monument number records the present location of a high cross, which is a National Monument in state ownership (no. 271).” · SMR DG011-035009- ↗ · map ↗
  • Clonca · “This high cross, which is a National Monument in state ownership (No. 25) is recorded by the Donegal Survey as follows: ‘In the field W of the graveyard is the stem and part of one arm of a restored, decorated, stone …” · SMR DG012-002006- ↗ · map ↗
  • Clonca · “This high cross, which is a National Monument (No. 25), is recorded by the Donegal Survey as follows: ‘Further W in the same field is the ringed-head of a second large cross.” · SMR DG012-002007- ↗ · map ↗
  • Cluain Tsalach · “The E gable, c. 5m at the highest N section is lit by a central deeply splayed window built of small horizontally laid stones; the head and most of the rear-arch are missing.” · SMR DG016-004002- ↗ · map ↗
  • Cooly · “To the W outside the entrance to the graveyard is a tall, plain, ringed high-cross.” · SMR DG021-008005- ↗ · map ↗
  • Ionascail · “Located within a graveyard which encloses two medieval churches, St Mary’s and St. Connell’s, a fragment of a high cross, four cross slabs and a graveslab.” · SMR DG064-003008- ↗ · map ↗
  • Ráith · “This high cross is a National Monument in state ownership (No. 23).” · SMR DG025-029001- ↗ · map ↗
  • Toraigh · “Literary references to Tory appear to begin in the 7th century and continue throughout the early and later medieval period indicating its ecclesiastical nature.” · SMR DG006-002007- ↗ · map ↗

From: Sites and Monuments Record. High crosses page →

Ogham stones · none on our lists

From: Sites and Monuments Record. Ogham stones page →

Mass rocks · 31
  • An Bhrocaigh (Tc An Clochán) · Penal Mass station · “This feature, listed as a 'dolmen' and a 'prehistoric chamber tomb', is described in OS records as an altar where Mass was said until 1799, when a chapel was built nearby.” · SMR DG068-030---- ↗ · map ↗
  • Baile An Teampaill · Penal Mass station · “The 'altar' marked on the 2nd and 3rd editions of the OS 6-inch maps are not visible now.” · SMR DG025-042002- ↗ · map ↗
  • Baile Na Bó · Penal Mass station · “This is an altar at which, it is locally believed, Mass was celebrated during the era of the Penal laws.” · SMR DG025-047---- ↗ · map ↗
  • Ballyheerin · Penal Mass station · “Depicted on current edition of the OS 6-inch map as 'Altar (Remains of)' but not marked on first ed. OS 6-inch map.” · SMR DG017-028---- ↗ · map ↗
  • Ballymacool · “The monument comprises a roughly-built altar dating to the period when the Penal Laws were in force.” · SMR DG053-046---- ↗ · map ↗
  • Béal Na Cruite · Penal Mass station · “Depicted on current edition of the OS 6-inch map as 'Altar (Site of) but not marked on first ed. OS 6-inch map.” · SMR DG041-013---- ↗ · map ↗
  • Churchland Quarters · Penal Mass station · “Marked in gothic script on current edition of the Ordnance Survey 6-inch map as 'Altar', not marked on 1st ed. OS 6-inch map.” · SMR DG011-064---- ↗ · map ↗
  • Cill Chathasaigh · “Mass Rock at base of S facing low hillock on the floodplains of the Ballaghdoo River located immediately to the E.” · SMR DG096-036---- ↗ · map ↗
  • Cionn Caslach · Penal Mass station · “Depicted on current edition of the OS 6-inch map as 'Altar (Site of) but not marked on first ed. OS 6-inch map.” · SMR DG041-012---- ↗ · map ↗
  • Cloghan More · Penal Mass station · “Borlase 1897, 236, Raphoe South no. 2; OS 1:2,500 Name Book, sheet 68 (1904), 13; Killanin and Duignan 1962, 81; Killanin and Duignan 1967, 92.” · SMR DG068-029---- ↗ · map ↗
  • Corcreggan · Penal Mass station · “Depicted on current edition of the OS 6-inch map as 'Altar (Site of) but not marked on first ed. OS 6-inch map.” · SMR DG015-035---- ↗ · map ↗
  • Cratlagh · Penal Mass station · “At this spot there was an altar where Mass was celebrated during the era of the Penal laws.” · SMR DG036-035---- ↗ · map ↗
  • Cró Na Roda · “Mass rock situated in upland river vallley beside old road which has been incorporated into the SE facing field boundary on the N side of the mountain road.” · SMR DG091-006---- ↗ · map ↗
  • Doire Leathan · “Mass rock built into the S face of rock outcrop with good views to the S.” · SMR DG096-039---- ↗ · map ↗
  • Dunaff · Penal Mass station · “The same designation was used by the OS in the townland of Muff in order to identify the site of a mass rock.” · SMR DG003-010---- ↗ · map ↗
  • Glenalla · Penal Mass station · “According to the OS Memoir (1834), it was an altar used as a place of worship by the local population.” · SMR DG037-024---- ↗ · map ↗
  • Inishtrahull · “On the N side of the island, behind the old school built in 1901, is a feature known as 'The Grave'” · SMR DG002A001003- ↗ · map ↗
  • Kill (Dunfanaghy Ed) · Penal Mass station · “This feature, listed by Borlase (1897) as a possible 'dolmen', was later described as a 'prehistoric chamber tomb'” · SMR DG015-017001- ↗ · map ↗
  • Kiltyfergal · Penal Mass station · “Although there is no information about the nature of the site, there can be little doubt that this, like most other sites so named on the OS 6-inch maps of County Donegal, was a Penal altar.” · SMR DG068-031---- ↗ · map ↗
  • Meenagolan (Gleneely Ed) · Penal Mass station · “Depicted on current edition of the OS 6-inch map as 'Altar (Site of) and indicated as a small square shaped structure on first ed. OS 6-inch map.” · SMR DG087-008---- ↗ · map ↗
  • Mucros (Tc An Leargaidh Mhór) · “Situated just off the top of high ground built into the W face of a field boundary are the remains of what appears to be a low altar formed from several small slabs some which have since collapsed.” · SMR DG096-042---- ↗ · map ↗
  • Muff (Culdaff Ed) · Penal Mass station · “The altars were first marked on the OS 6-inch revision of 1848.” · SMR DG005-028---- ↗ · map ↗
  • Muff (Culdaff Ed) · Penal Mass station · “The altars were first marked on the OS 6-inch revision of 1848.” · SMR DG005-029---- ↗ · map ↗
  • Muff (Culdaff Ed) · Penal Mass station · “The altars were first marked on the OS 6-inch revision of 1848.” · SMR DG005-030---- ↗ · map ↗
  • Muff (Culdaff Ed) · Penal Mass station · “The altars were first marked on the OS 6-inch revision of 1848.” · SMR DG005-031---- ↗ · map ↗
  • Muff (Culdaff Ed) · Penal Mass station · “The altars were first marked on the OS 6-inch revision of 1848.” · SMR DG005-032---- ↗ · map ↗
  • Muff (Culdaff Ed) · Penal Mass station · “The altars were first marked on the OS 6-inch revision of 1848.” · SMR DG005-033---- ↗ · map ↗
  • Pollans · Penal Mass station · “Depicted on all editions of the OS 6-inch map as 'Altar' with 'Altar Well' located 45m to the north.” · SMR DG052-033---- ↗ · map ↗
  • Sandhill · “This stone-built altar like arrangement has been identified as a place where, during Penal times (1690s to 1750s), mass was celebrated.” · SMR DG016-033---- ↗ · map ↗
  • Templemoyle · “Beside the cross there is a roughly square-shaped boulder (H 0.5mx 1m x 0.5m) which is known locally as the Mass Rock (pers. comm.” · SMR DG004-052007- ↗ · map ↗
  • Toulett · Penal Mass station · “The interior of the cashel is fairly level but Petrie recorded traces of a rectangular stone structure at the centre, which he believed to be the remains of a 'chapel' dating to the Penal period (18th century).” · SMR DG047-012006- ↗ · map ↗

From: Sites and Monuments Record. Mass rocks page →

Sweathouses · 5

From: Sites and Monuments Record. Sweathouses page →

Megalithic tombs · 235
  • Aghaglassan · “Bonner (1972, 16) has claimed that there is a 'giant's grave…surrounded by a circle of stones laid in the ground' in this townland.” · SMR DG012-046---- ↗
  • Aghanursan · “On the W side of Columbkille Lough 'are some large stones that appear to be the remains of a megalithic structure'” · SMR DG036-034---- ↗
  • Alt Upper · “The stones referred to in the mid-19th-century accounts may have formed part of a megalithic tomb, with perhaps the two upright stones noted by Fagan serving as orthostats at either side of a chamber or gallery.” · SMR DG088-001---- ↗ · map ↗
  • An Ardaidh Bheag · “This tomb, now in the garden of a house, stands on a slight ridge c. 1.6km W of Gortahork and c. 250m S of the inner reaches of Ballyness Bay.” · SMR DG024-006---- ↗ · map ↗
  • An Bearnas Íochtarach · “A cairn of sub-oval outline measuring 27.5m NNE-SSW and 12m ESE-WNW survives.” · SMR DG035-006---- ↗ · map ↗
  • An Bogach · “Remains of a single chamber in a mound exposed in cut-away bog on W-facing slope.” · SMR DG090-008---- ↗ · map ↗
  • An Caiseal · “The monument seems to have been a single-chamber structure, perhaps polygonal in outline, measuring 2.5m long (N-S) and 2m in maximum width, which it attains at mid-length, from where it narrows to both ends.” · SMR DG008-025---- ↗ · map ↗
  • An Cheapach · “A chamber measuring c. 3.5m long (NNE-SSW) and c. 2m wide survives here in a grass-grown mound, the original outline of which is unclear.” · SMR DG096-014---- ↗ · map ↗
  • An Cheathrú Riabhach (Tc Gleann Ó Gceanann) · “The site was revisited in 1991, when it was found that further turf-cutting had fully exposed a tall orthostat at the NW and had uncovered another stone beside it that had not been visible in 1982.” · SMR DG020-004---- ↗ · map ↗
  • An Chill Bheag · “The tomb consists of a gallery, at least 5m long, which decreases in height and width from WSW to ENE.” · SMR DG096-021---- ↗ · map ↗
  • An Chlochbhuaile (Tc Béal Atha Seanaidh) · “This monument, almost 5km NW of Ballyshannon, is 1.7km SW of the court tomb in Cool Beg (Dg. 37) and 150m from the coast.” · SMR DG103-044---- ↗ · map ↗
  • An Chruach Bheag · “Before excavation it was so obscured by collapsed cairn stones that its precise design was unclear (de Valera 1960).” · SMR DG097-017001- ↗ · map ↗
  • An Clochán Beag · “The function of these stones is now uncertain, but they can be interpreted as a pair of jambs in a megalithic gallery, the larger one being particularly well suited to carry corbels.” · SMR DG068-006---- ↗ · map ↗
  • An Cró Cam · “The monument, deeply embedded in the bog, consists of a narrow gallery, 5m long, orientated SSW-NNE.” · SMR DG066-002---- ↗ · map ↗
  • An Dumhaigh (Tc Leitir Mhic An Bhaird) · “Two tall opposed stones at the W seem to mark the entrance to a chamber, the only other certain surviving stone of which is a sidestone leaning against the outer face of the northern entrance stone.” · SMR DG065-001---- ↗ · map ↗
  • An Dún Mór (Tc Na Croisbhealaí) · “It stood 1.3km ESE of the site of the destroyed court tomb in Ballintemple (Dg. 2), on gently sloping pasture overlooking the valley of the Ray River.” · SMR DG025-044---- ↗ · map ↗
  • An Ghabhail · “The structure described by Fagan may have been a ruined megalithic tomb, but evidence that was more compelling would be required to establish with any degree of certainty that this was so.” · SMR DG035-013---- ↗ · map ↗
  • An Roisín Theas · “The tomb consists of an unroofed chamber, entry to which is at the ESE between two tall stones.” · SMR DG048-009---- ↗ · map ↗
  • An Tonn Bhán · “An unroofed chamber, open to the NW, survives here.” · SMR DG008-023---- ↗ · map ↗
  • An Tsráid · “The court tomb at Farranmacbride (Dg. 56) is visible 0.5km to the N.” · SMR DG080-013001- ↗ · map ↗
  • Ardara · “Excavation licence number 02E0367 Pre-development testing took place for twenty houses and associated works near the site of a megalithic tomb.” · SMR DG073-041---- ↗ · map ↗
  • Baile An Easa · “In 1845 Thomas Fagan (1845-8) was shown 'the ruins of one of those ancient sepultures called Dermot and Grania's Bed'” · SMR DG024-018---- ↗
  • Baile An Teampaill · “This monument was demolished during the winter of 1978-9 when the orthostats were uprooted and dumped in a pit in the southern corner of the field in which it had stood.” · SMR DG025-041---- ↗ · map ↗
  • Baile Na Bó · “The monument is on level ground c. 600m SW of the portal tomb in the adjacent townland of Errarooey Beg.” · SMR DG025-046---- ↗ · map ↗
  • Ballagh · “Bonner (1972, 17) recorded the destruction of 'a sort of dolmen' around 50 years earlier at Ballagh.” · SMR DG004-013---- ↗ · map ↗
  • Ballyannan · “The tomb, a roofless chamber, faces uphill toward the N.” · SMR DG019-008---- ↗ · map ↗
  • Ballybobaneen · “Fagan's account seems to describe the inner end of an E-facing gallery, the stone at the W possibly representing a backstone and the other three stones part of the S side.” · SMR DG068-026---- ↗ · map ↗
  • Ballymagowan Lower,Ballymagowan Upper · “Kinahan (1889) noted 'three large blocks of granite that appear to be the remains of a cromleac' beside the road in Ballygowan (recte Ballymagowan).” · SMR DG027-001---- ↗
  • Ballymagrorty Scotch · “This tomb is 1.2km SW of Ballintra village and stands on level pasture among low drumlin hills.” · SMR DG103-014---- ↗ · map ↗
  • Ballymore Lower · “The monument is greatly ruined, and the scant remains are difficult to interpret but seem to represent a chamber or gallery aligned NE-SW.” · SMR DG026-003---- ↗ · map ↗
  • Ballymore Upper · “The monument, considerably disturbed, consists of the remains of a court at the E leading to a roofless gallery c. 8.5m long.” · SMR DG026-006---- ↗ · map ↗
  • Ballymunterhiggin · “The structure consists of a large oval central court with a lateral entrance to the S and two opposed galleries, each of two chambers, opening off its narrow E and W ends.” · SMR DG107-083---- ↗ · map ↗
  • Ballynarry · “Killanin and Duignan (1962; 1967), following Somerville (1929), claimed that there is a 'ruinous prehistoric chamber tomb' on Crockacashel in this townland.” · SMR DG019-021---- ↗ · map ↗
  • Ballynarry · “At the E are four courtstones, two representing the inner end of its northern arm and the other two the inner end of the southern arm.” · SMR DG029-001---- ↗ · map ↗
  • Ballynarry · SMR DG029-049---- ↗
  • Ballystrang · “There are now no identifiable traces of a megalithic tomb in the immediate vicinity of the ruined building.” · SMR DG060-014---- ↗
  • Baskill · “According to Colhoun (1949), there is a chambered cairn, known as the 'Queen's Grave', in this townland.” · SMR DG012-023---- ↗ · map ↗
  • Bavan · “It stands at the head of a rocky, bog-grown valley and overlooks two other excavated court tombs Shalwy (Dg. 113), 400m to the SW, and Croaghbeg (Dg. 40), a further 200m to the SW.” · SMR DG097-020---- ↗ · map ↗
  • Beagh · “It has been suggested that a structure demolished 'almost a century ago' in this townland after an animal was caught in it was probably a court tomb (P.J.” · SMR DG073-045---- ↗
  • Bin · “The tomb opens downhill to the SE, in which direction it commands an outlook over Lough Swilly.” · SMR DG028-019---- ↗ · map ↗
  • Binroe · “The tomb, which stands in a long cairn, consists of a two-chambered gallery preceded at the ENE by a court.” · SMR DG097-029---- ↗ · map ↗
  • Brockagh (Creenasmear Ed) · “In 1845 Thomas Fagan (1845-8) visited 'the ruins of an ancient sepulture locally called Dermot and Grania's Bed' in this townland.” · SMR DG034-004---- ↗
  • Cabry · “The monument, considerably ruined, consists of a gallery orientated SW-NE, which is enclosed at both sides and at its NE end by the remains of an outer wall and at the SW by three facade-stones.” · SMR DG030-004---- ↗ · map ↗
  • Caoldroim Íochtarach · “This feature is named 'Dermot and Grania's Bed' on the OS 6-inch map of 1847-52.” · SMR DG024-014---- ↗ · map ↗
  • Caoldroim Uachtarach · “His account suggests that there was a mound or cairn here measuring c. 30 yards (c. 27.4m) by 20 yards (c. 18.3m) by 7 feet (c. 2.15m) high in which there were two 'graves', one 7 feet (c. 2.15m) long, the other 9 feet …” · SMR DG033-004---- ↗
  • Carmoney · “This tomb and the one nearby (Dg. 18) are at the eastern limit of an extensive tract of hilly ground that stretches westward to Glen Lough, 5.5km distant.” · SMR DG027-011---- ↗ · map ↗
  • Carmoney · “This tomb stands 35m SE of the last and is also deeply embedded in the bog.” · SMR DG027-012---- ↗ · map ↗
  • Carnaghan · “The tomb now consists of two tall portal-stones at the NE and, 2.5m to the SW, a low backstone.” · SMR DG037-019001- ↗ · map ↗
  • Carrickafodan · “It consists of a roofless gallery, at least 4.5m long, preceded at the NNE by the remains of a court.” · SMR DG011-042---- ↗ · map ↗
  • Carrickmagrath · “The monument consists of a roofed chamber facing NE, which stands toward one end of a long cairn.” · SMR DG077-021---- ↗ · map ↗
  • Carricknahorna · “The tomb consists of three stones, two beside each other, and the third 1.5m N of and opposite the eastern of the other two.” · SMR DG104-010---- ↗ · map ↗
  • Carricknamoghil · “The monument consists of two elements: a gallery to the SW opening from the remains of a court at its NE end, and in front of the court a ruined chamber.” · SMR DG091-002---- ↗ · map ↗
  • Carrowkeel (Carrowkeel Ed) · “Excavation licence number 99E0646 Testing was carried out on the site of the proposed development of a dwelling-house, driveway, septic tank and related percolation area in the vicinity of the site of a possible …” · SMR DG030-013---- ↗ · map ↗
  • Carrowmore (Malin Ed),Drumcarbit · “This feature is named 'Druid's Altar' on the original OS 6-inch map (1834) and on the 1848 edition.” · SMR DG004-028---- ↗ · map ↗
  • Carrowmore or Glentogher · “This monument, not shown on any edition of the OS 6-inch map, is one of three wedge tombs at the southern end of this townland.” · SMR DG020-011---- ↗ · map ↗
  • Carrowmore or Glentogher · “The monument, somewhat embedded in the bog, consists of a partly roofed gallery, c. 6m long, orientated almost SW-NE.” · SMR DG030-001---- ↗ · map ↗
  • Carrowmore or Glentogher · “The monument, deeply embedded in bog, consists of a gallery, 2.3m long, divided by a septal-stone into a portico, at the SSW, and a roofed main chamber.” · SMR DG030-003---- ↗ · map ↗
  • Carrowmullin · “Excavation would be required to determine how the orthostats relate to original ground level.” · SMR DG038-011---- ↗ · map ↗
  • Carrownaganonagh · “The monument, in a fair state of preservation, consists of a WSW-facing gallery, 4m long, divided by a high septal-stone into a partly roofed portico, the N side of which survives, and a roofed main chamber.” · SMR DG036-016---- ↗ · map ↗
  • Carrowreagh or Craignacally · “This feature was shown on the original OS 6-inch map (1834) but not on subsequent editions.” · SMR DG004-059---- ↗ · map ↗
  • Cashel (Glentogher Ed) · “In 1944 Colhoun (1995) was told by the landowner that it was the remnant of a cairn removed during his lifetime.” · SMR DG020-001001- ↗ · map ↗
  • Cashelard · “This was first shown on the 1847-9 edition of the OS 6-inch map, where it is marked at a position c. 40m NW of and across the road from that shown on the 1907 edition of the map.” · SMR DG108-001---- ↗ · map ↗
  • Cashelcummin · “This tomb, overgrown by bushes and other foliage, is 600m from the W side of and overlooks Killybegs Harbour.” · SMR DG097-011---- ↗ · map ↗
  • Cashelgolan · “It has been reported that there are two ruinous 'portal dolmens' in this townland (L. McGill 1964; P.J.” · SMR DG064-021---- ↗
  • Casheltown (Gorkermore Ed) · “The western gallery The western gallery, now open to the SSW, is 5m in overall length.” · SMR DG098-003---- ↗ · map ↗
  • Churchland Quarters · “The above-named site has been listed as a 'multiple-chambered cairn or dolmen' and as a 'prehistoric chamber tomb'” · SMR DG011-061---- ↗ · map ↗
  • Claggan (Dunfanaghy Ed) · “The tomb is c. 400m from the sea cliff at the W side of Horn Head peninsula and on the N side of a broad shallow valley.” · SMR DG015-004---- ↗ · map ↗
  • Claggan (Dunfanaghy Ed) · “Fagan (1845-8) recorded that within local memory this monument had lain concealed and unrecognised under soil and heather until rabbit-hunters 'tore up the cairn and disfigured many of the graves beneath'” · SMR DG015-005---- ↗ · map ↗
  • Claggan (Dunfanaghy Ed) · “His second-hand account could relate to a megalithic tomb, but without further evidence this cannot be accepted as one.” · SMR DG015-030---- ↗
  • Claggan (Milford Ed) · “The feature identified on the 1905 edition of the map, according to an entry in an accompanying Name Book (1903), was 'a cairn of stones supposed to have been the burial place of giants'” · SMR DG036-012---- ↗ · map ↗
  • Cloghfin (Clonleigh North Ed) · “This feature was first shown on the 1845-7 edition of the OS 6-inch map.” · SMR DG070-043---- ↗ · map ↗
  • Cloghroe (Lettermore Ed) · “Much of the land in the vicinity of the tomb is devoted to pasture, and wettish land on the lower ground to the S and E has been planted with trees.” · SMR DG069-018---- ↗ · map ↗
  • Clonmany Glebe · “This account indicates that there was some form of megalithic chamber here, but its nature remains uncertain.” · SMR DG010-038---- ↗ · map ↗
  • Clonmass · “His second-hand account may well relate to a destroyed megalithic tomb, but more evidence would be required before this could be accepted as one.” · SMR DG016-029---- ↗ · map ↗
  • Cointe Cró · “Situated on the north side of Glencolumkille valley, the tomb stands on a slight platform on reclaimed marshy land in a low-lying situation c. 155m north of the Murlin River.” · SMR DG080-034---- ↗ · map ↗
  • Convoy Demesne · “The two tall uprights appear to be the jambs or portal-stones of a megalithic chamber.” · SMR DG069-011---- ↗ · map ↗
  • Cool Beg · “This tomb is c. 5km NNW of Ballyshannon in rolling pasture 500m from the coast.” · SMR DG103-040---- ↗ · map ↗
  • Corradooey · “Part of this tomb is in the townland of Garvagh, Co. Tyrone.” · SMR DG087-007---- ↗ · map ↗
  • Corraine · “Thomas Fagan (1845-8) described what he claimed was 'the ruins of a Giant's Grave…now called the Grey Rocks' in this townland.” · SMR DG077-031---- ↗
  • Cranford · “It appears that a partly roofed megalithic gallery c. 4.5m long may have stood here until the second half of the 19th century.” · SMR DG027-005---- ↗ · map ↗
  • Cranford · “There is no trace of this feature, which was named 'Giant's Grave' on the 1835 edition of the OS 6-inch map and shown but not named on the 1848-9 edition.” · SMR DG027-031---- ↗ · map ↗
  • Cratlagh · “There is no reliable evidence that a megalithic tomb ever stood here.” · SMR DG036-001---- ↗ · map ↗
  • Creenasmear · “Thomas Fagan (1845-8) wrote the following account of a site he visited in 1845: 'In the townland of Creenasmear and holding of John Kelly and others 2 miles [c. 3.2km] NE the road from Letterkenny to Crossroads [now …” · SMR DG034-005---- ↗
  • Creeveoughter · “This tomb is on a S-facing hillslope in arable land 1.6km W of Lough Swilly and commands an extensive view eastward across the lough.” · SMR DG028-007---- ↗ · map ↗
  • Crevary Upper · “The two jambs and intervening stone may have formed the segmentation of or entry to a court tomb gallery or, alternatively, may be the portal-stones and doorstone of a portal tomb.” · SMR DG037-006---- ↗ · map ↗
  • Crislaghmore · “The tomb, not shown on any edition of the OS 6-inch map, is on the Inishowen peninsula c. 2.6km N of Burnfoot.” · SMR DG038-050---- ↗ · map ↗
  • Cró Na Madadh · “According to Harkin (1893), there is 'an immense cromlech' on Cronamadda recte Croaghnamaddy, a hill c. 2.4km SW of Dunglow.” · SMR DG057-001---- ↗
  • Croaghonagh · “The wedge tomb was constructed immediately to SW of a Neolithic cairn.” · SMR DG086-002004- ↗ · map ↗
  • Cruachlann (Tc Gleann Cholm Cille) · “This damaged structure consists of what appears to be the remains of a segmented gallery, now 3.5m long and c. 2m wide, aligned ENE-WSW.” · SMR DG096-015---- ↗ · map ↗
  • Cruachlann (Tc Gleann Cholm Cille) · “Lough Meenaviller, 230m to the NE, is just visible from the tomb.” · SMR DG096-016---- ↗ · map ↗
  • Curraghlea · “One 'vault' of this structure, known as 'Darby's Bed', was roofed by a great flag, and a 'vault' beside it was known as 'Grania's Bed'” · SMR DG053-051---- ↗
  • Doire Uí Fhríl · “There may have been a megalithic tomb here, but more reliable evidence would be required to establish that such was the case.” · SMR DG025-045---- ↗ · map ↗
  • Doire Uí Fhríl · “These sites appear to be additional to that known as 'Munterdoney's Grave', also in this townland, the next to be described.” · SMR DG025-050---- ↗
  • Doocashel Glebe · “He saw it in 1845 and claimed that it was a cillín (a children's burial ground) originally enclosed by a thick stone wall within which was a gallery built of 'great slabs of stones' with other 'vaulted graves'” · SMR DG026-012---- ↗ · map ↗
  • Doochill North · “Now considerably ruined, it consists of the unroofed inner half of a gallery, apparently a two-chambered one, preceded at the NE by the remains of a court.” · SMR DG074-011---- ↗ · map ↗
  • Dooish · “The monument, of which only a single orthostat survives in its original position, has been incorporated in a grass-grown field bank.” · SMR DG054-023---- ↗ · map ↗
  • Dooish · “This erection…has been recently discovered by removal of a portion of the eastern end of the cairn in which it was immured.” · SMR DG077-007002- ↗ · map ↗
  • Dooros · “It stood on a gentle fall of ground in pasture just W of the base of Croaghan Hill and almost 2km E of the cruciform passage tomb (Site A) in Kilmonaster Middle townland.” · SMR DG070-073---- ↗ · map ↗
  • Droim Na Hátha (Tc Cluain Lao Theas) · “Fagan's account suggests that there may have been a megalithic tomb here, but the evidence does not warrant its acceptance as a definite one.” · SMR DG070-046---- ↗ · map ↗
  • Drumanoo · “The monument consists of a gallery, 5m in overall length, facing ENE.” · SMR DG097-033---- ↗ · map ↗
  • Drumanoo · “Killanin and Duignan (1962; 1967) claimed that there is 'a ruined prehistoric chamber tomb' on Farbreaga Hill, in Drumanoo townland.” · SMR DG097-036---- ↗
  • Drumbrick · “Four substantial orthostats seem to represent a gallery.” · SMR DG044-007---- ↗ · map ↗
  • Drumhallagh Upper · “The tomb is on a level patch of ground 2.9km from the W side of Lough Swilly and lies between two small river valleys, one 500m to the N and the other 400m to the S.” · SMR DG028-017---- ↗ · map ↗
  • Drumkeelan · “This feature has been listed as a possible megalithic tomb in the SMR for County Donegal (1987) and as a court tomb in the RMP for County Donegal (1995).” · SMR DG093-005---- ↗ · map ↗
  • Drumrat · “The tomb is described as it was in 1994, when the plan published here was made.” · SMR DG094-023---- ↗ · map ↗
  • Drung (Redcastle Ed) · “This monument, named 'Druid's Altar' on all editions of the OS 6-inch map, is in pasture 0.9km from the western shore of Lough Foyle.” · SMR DG031-004---- ↗ · map ↗
  • Errity · “Fagan's account may describe a megalithic tomb, but without corroboration it cannot be accepted as a definite one.” · SMR DG054-033---- ↗ · map ↗
  • Eskaheen · “This feature was first shown on the 1848 edition of the OS 6-inch map, where it is named 'Giant's Grave'” · SMR DG039-003---- ↗ · map ↗
  • Eskaheen · “The monument, described here as if it lay W-E, consists of a chamber, open to the WNW, standing almost 6m inside the western end of a long cairn in which some sizeable stones are evident.” · SMR DG039-005---- ↗ · map ↗
  • Fána Bhuí · “In 1845 Thomas Fagan (1845-8) visited 'the remains of an ancient sepulture locally called Dermot and Grania's Bed' on the holding of Bernard Harkin in that part of Fawnaboy townland on the above OS 6-inch sheet, c. 1 …” · SMR DG033-003---- ↗
  • Fearann Mhic Giolla Bhríde · “The unclassified tomb at Straid or Glebe (Dg. 115) lies downslope c. 500m to the S.” · SMR DG080-006---- ↗ · map ↗
  • Finner · “This monument, like the court tomb (Dg. 57) in the same townland that stood close to it, has not been found.” · SMR DG106-015---- ↗
  • Finner · “This monument is one of three megalithic tombs in this townland that first came to notice at the end of the 19th century.” · SMR DG106-016---- ↗
  • Finner · “The remains of a cruciform passage tomb survive here.” · SMR DG107-106---- ↗ · map ↗
  • Garvegort Glebe · “A feature shown on the 1848-50 edition of the OS 6-inch map as a small rectangle, without a name, is named 'Giant's Grave (Site of)' on the pre-publication field map.” · SMR DG074-017---- ↗ · map ↗
  • Gilbertstown · “This is a partly collapsed small chamber that was at least 2m long.” · SMR DG092-006---- ↗ · map ↗
  • Gleann Cheo (Tc Carraig Airt) · “It is recorded in an OS Revision Name Book (1848-9) that the hill called Bingrania in this townland is so named because 'Grania had a bed here marked by stones, but it has been destroyed by the herds [and] no trace is …” · SMR DG027-058---- ↗
  • Glencar Scotch · “Kinahan (1883-4; 1885-6) has described and illustrated a narrow, parallel-sided, gallery-like feature, c. 5.2m long and internally 1.1m wide.” · SMR DG053-020---- ↗ · map ↗
  • Glensmoil,Croaghan (Clonleigh South Ed) · “It commands an extensive view in all directions and overlooks the group of tombs in Kilmonaster Middle townland, 2.6km to the W.” · SMR DG070-074002- ↗ · map ↗
  • Golard,Moyne · SMR DG100-016---- ↗
  • Gortfad · “It has been interpreted as a cruciform passage tomb (Ó Nualláin 1983a).” · SMR DG079-007---- ↗ · map ↗
  • Gortfad · “A passage tomb, now also destroyed, stood c. 400m to the W in the same townland.” · SMR DG079-008---- ↗ · map ↗
  • Gortmacall More · “Three stones (hatched on plan) seem to be in situ and may represent the side of a gallery.” · SMR DG036-017---- ↗ · map ↗
  • Gortnacart Glebe · “A supposed court tomb at Upper Gortnacart recte Gortnacart Glebe (L. McGill 1964; P.J.” · SMR DG074-018---- ↗ · map ↗
  • Gortnagole · “This monument stands c. 600m ESE of the cruciform passage tomb (Site A) in the adjoining townland of Kilmonaster Middle.” · SMR DG070-070---- ↗ · map ↗
  • Gortnalaragh · “It consists of the remains of a gallery, 5.5m long and at least 1m wide, aligned W-E.” · SMR DG044-003---- ↗ · map ↗
  • Gortnaskea · “Young (1929), there are the remains of a 'cromlech' on Scalp Mountain.” · SMR DG038-051---- ↗
  • Gortnavern (Millford Ed) · “The tomb consists of a well-preserved chamber, c. 1.3m wide and originally 2-3m long.” · SMR DG027-023---- ↗ · map ↗
  • Gortree · “The site is on a hillside close to a megalithic tomb known locally as 'the Giant's Grave'” · SMR DG054-013---- ↗ · map ↗
  • Gortree · “This feature, which has been removed, is named 'Stones' on the original OS 6-inch map of 1834-5 and 'Pagan Burial Place' on the revision of 1846-8.” · SMR DG054-014---- ↗ · map ↗
  • Gortyarrigan · “This very ruined monument consists of two orthostats (hatched on plan) and several displaced large stones.” · SMR DG019-019---- ↗ · map ↗
  • Gransha · “The monument consists of a partly collapsed roofed gallery, aligned WSW-ENE.” · SMR DG029-044---- ↗ · map ↗
  • Greenhill (Dunfanaghy Ed) · “The faces of four orthostats are exposed at the eastern side of the mound.” · SMR DG025-011---- ↗ · map ↗
  • Islandroy Barr or Drumfin · “Despite the name accorded to the site on the OS 6-inch map, there is now no convincing evidence that the stone formed part of a megalithic tomb.” · SMR DG027-020---- ↗ · map ↗
  • Kilbarron · “It consists of a largely concealed gallery, orientated WSW-ENE, outside which is well-preserved outer-walling.” · SMR DG107-002---- ↗ · map ↗
  • Kilclooney More · “One of the two portal tombs in the same townland (Dg. 70), 500m to the E, is visible from it.” · SMR DG073-003---- ↗ · map ↗
  • Kilclooney More · “The monument consists of the remains of two portal tomb chambers, one just over 9m behind the other, in the slight remains of a long mound aligned NNE-SSW.” · SMR DG073-004---- ↗ · map ↗
  • Kilclooney More · “The monument consists of a small roofed chamber, 1.45m long and 1.2m wide, facing SSE.” · SMR DG073-006---- ↗ · map ↗
  • Kildrum Lower · “An entry in an OS Name Book (1835) claims that in this townland there are 'some remarkable stones supposed to be Druidical remains'” · SMR DG055-029---- ↗ · map ↗
  • Killeen · “This tomb stands in level pasture, 800m S of the River Erne and c. 3km SE of Ballyshannon.” · SMR DG107-085---- ↗ · map ↗
  • Killin (Bonnyglen Ed) · “In the 1950s Ruaidhrí de Valera and Seán Ó Nualláin established from both local information and an examination of the site that this stone had stood as the western jamb of a chamber that lay to its N.” · SMR DG092-003---- ↗ · map ↗
  • Kilmonaster Middle · “This monument consists of a cruciform passage tomb standing close to the western edge of a large mound.” · SMR DG070-063003- ↗ · map ↗
  • Kilmonaster Middle · “Site B is shown as a circle of dots, suggesting a kerb with a diameter a little over 20m within which a small group of dots seems to represent a chamber.” · SMR DG070-063005- ↗ · map ↗
  • Kilmonaster Middle · “Site C is shown as a small group of dots, perhaps representing a chamber, on the published map of 1845-7 and is named 'Cromlech' on the pre-publication field map.” · SMR DG070-063006- ↗ · map ↗
  • Kilmonaster Middle · “Now partly incorporated in a roadside fence, the structure is quite ruined and consists of four orthostats and what appears to be a displaced roof stone.” · SMR DG070-063007- ↗ · map ↗
  • Kilmonaster Middle · “There is a possibility that this was a passage tomb.” · SMR DG070-063008- ↗ · map ↗
  • Kilmonaster Middle · “It stood 220m W of the cruciform passage tomb (Site A).” · SMR DG070-063009- ↗ · map ↗
  • Kilmonaster Middle · “He was informed locally that it was a cairn of white stones in which 'several stone coffins' containing human bones had been found.” · SMR DG070-063010- ↗ · map ↗
  • Kilmonaster Middle · “This feature, of which there is no visible trace, was first shown on the 1845-7 revision of the OS 6-inch map.” · SMR DG070-069001- ↗ · map ↗
  • Kilmonaster Middle · “Both stood on a slight elevation in rolling pasture c. 2km W of Croaghan Hill and c. 400m SE of the cruciform passage tomb (Site A) in the same townland.” · SMR DG070-069002- ↗ · map ↗
  • Kinnagoe · “The only indication that there may have been a megalithic tomb here is the name accorded to the site on the OS 6-inch map.” · SMR DG029-009---- ↗ · map ↗
  • Knockagarran · “A narrow gallery-like feature overlain by a displaced roofstone stands toward the S end of a grass-grown mound of oval outline measuring 6m NW-SE by 4.5m NE-SW and 1m in maximum height.” · SMR DG069-030---- ↗ · map ↗
  • Knockergrana · “This monument, like the court tomb in Laraghirril (Dg. 78), which lies 1.5km to the W, stands in the relatively low-lying plain of good agricultural land stretching from Trawbreaga Bay on the W side of the Inishowen …” · SMR DG012-006---- ↗ · map ↗
  • Knockfair · “A feature named 'Druid's Altar in ruins', shown on a pre-publication field map, was omitted from the published OS 6-inch map of 1845-8.” · SMR DG078-044---- ↗ · map ↗
  • Knocknashangan · “The surviving structure consists of two orthostats lying E-W.” · SMR DG107-089---- ↗ · map ↗
  • Lackaghatermon · “The monument, considerably ruined, consists of the remains of a chamber that opened toward the SSE.” · SMR DG074-002---- ↗ · map ↗
  • Lackcrom · “The rear chamber of a ruined gallery facing SSE survives here among the disturbed remains of a partly grass-grown cairn.” · SMR DG094-004---- ↗ · map ↗
  • Laraghirril · “The structure consists of a gallery c. 8.5m long divided into two chambers.” · SMR DG012-003---- ↗ · map ↗
  • Largatreany · “According to Thomas Fagan (1845-8), the remains represent the base of a large cairn that had covered 'sundry vaults or graves enclosed by large flat stones pitched end and edgeways in the ground'” · SMR DG015-007---- ↗ · map ↗
  • Largynagreana · “This is a wedge-shaped gallery, 4.5m long, orientated WSW-ENE.” · SMR DG097-001---- ↗ · map ↗
  • Legaltan · “The presence of two set stones and the nature and disposition of the other slabs indicate that this was a small megalithic chamber, and it can be interpreted as a portal tomb chamber opening to the NE.” · SMR DG107-110---- ↗ · map ↗
  • Leitir (Tc Cill Mhic Réanáin) · “At its broader E end is a large U-shaped court leading to a gallery.” · SMR DG045-018---- ↗ · map ↗
  • Liafin · “The monument consists of, at the NE, the remains of a gallery c. 6m long, now divided into two chambers.” · SMR DG019-013---- ↗ · map ↗
  • Liscooly · “The standing stone referred to in the heading is the only surviving one of 'four remarkable stones...two of them placed so as to form a grave' that stood in the same field.” · SMR DG079-013---- ↗ · map ↗
  • Lisnanees Upper · “The monument consists of a small roofless chamber.” · SMR DG053-010---- ↗ · map ↗
  • Listicall Lower · “This feature is named 'Giant's Grave' on the original OS 6-inch map (1835) and on the revised 6-inch map of 1845-7.” · SMR DG055-008---- ↗ · map ↗
  • Loughnakey · “The tomb consists of the remains of a gallery, 11m in overall length, opening to the SSW.” · SMR DG036-019---- ↗ · map ↗
  • Loughros Glebe · “According to an entry in an OS Name Book (1834), there is a 'cromlech' in this townland, but no details of it are provided.” · SMR DG036-020---- ↗ · map ↗
  • Lurgan · “The remains consist of the inner end of a court, to the E, leading to a chamber now open at the back.” · SMR DG103-022---- ↗ · map ↗
  • Lurgan · “This monument, 900m SE of the other court tomb (Dg. 85) in the same townland, is not marked on any edition of the OS 6-inch map.” · SMR DG103-030---- ↗ · map ↗
  • Magheestown · “Whether the few stones noted by Fagan were the remains of a megalithic tomb is uncertain.” · SMR DG062-036---- ↗ · map ↗
  • Magheraboy (Killygordan Ed) · “After considerable clearance it was possible to discern that the remains of a court at the E precede a long narrow mound along almost the entire perimeter, of which there is a line, doubled for a short stretch, of …” · SMR DG078-021---- ↗ · map ↗
  • Magheracar · “This monument is an undifferentiated passage tomb standing toward the eastern side of a kerbed mound at the edge of a sea cliff.” · SMR DG106-011---- ↗ · map ↗
  • Magheracar · “This monument lies 2km W of Bundoran, just 50m from the coast and c. 80m E of the passage tomb in the same townland.” · SMR DG106-014---- ↗ · map ↗
  • Magheramenagh · “All the others have been removed within memory.' Although it is possible that there were the scant remains of a megalithic tomb here at the time of Fagan's visit, the evidence is insufficient to warrant its acceptance …” · SMR DG025-023---- ↗ · map ↗
  • Magheranaul · “The tomb stands on pasture broken by occasional rock outcrops.” · SMR DG004-041---- ↗ · map ↗
  • Maigh Ráithe · “This monument, 2.5km SSE of Falcarragh, stands 1km S of the court tomb in Ray townland (Dg. 107) and c. 250m E of the Ray River.” · SMR DG025-038---- ↗ · map ↗
  • Maigh Ráithe · “Thomas Fagan (1845-8), on his visit to this townland in 1845, was told of the destruction of what may have been a megalithic tomb.” · SMR DG025-051---- ↗
  • Málainn Bhig · “Killanin and Duignan (1962) have claimed that there is a prehistoric chamber tomb near Trabane Strand in this townland.” · SMR DG089-021---- ↗
  • Málainn Mhóir · “This monument (National Monument no. 139 (4) in state care) is one of seven megalithic tombs (Dg. 90-96) in this townland located on either the N side or the floor of a shallow valley opening onto the N end of Malin Bay.” · SMR DG089-004---- ↗ · map ↗
  • Málainn Mhóir · “This monument (National Monument no. 139 (4) in state care) is one of the three portal tombs on the N side of the valley opening onto the N end of Malin Bay.” · SMR DG089-005---- ↗ · map ↗
  • Málainn Mhóir · “An upright portal-stone and a sidestone represent the S side of an E-facing chamber, originally c. 3m long.” · SMR DG089-006001- ↗ · map ↗
  • Málainn Mhóir · “This, the westernmost of the seven megalithic tombs (National Monument no. 139 (4) in state care) in this townland, is 900m SW of the last (Dg. 90).” · SMR DG089-008---- ↗ · map ↗
  • Málainn Mhóir · “This, the westernmost of the seven megalithic tombs (National Monument no. 139 (4) in state care) in this townland, is 900m SW of the last (Dg. 90).” · SMR DG089-008001- ↗ · map ↗
  • Málainn Mhóir · “This, the westernmost of the seven megalithic tombs (National Monument no. 139 (4) in state care) in this townland, is 900m SW of the last (Dg. 90).” · SMR DG089-008002- ↗ · map ↗
  • Málainn Mhóir · “This, the westernmost of the seven megalithic tombs (National Monument no. 139 (4) in state care) in this townland, is 900m SW of the last (Dg. 90).” · SMR DG089-008003- ↗ · map ↗
  • Málainn Mhóir · “This, the westernmost of the seven megalithic tombs (National Monument no. 139 (4) in state care) in this townland, is 900m SW of the last (Dg. 90).” · SMR DG089-008004- ↗ · map ↗
  • Málainn Mhóir · “This, the westernmost of the seven megalithic tombs (National Monument no. 139 (4) in state care) in this townland, is 900m SW of the last (Dg. 90).” · SMR DG089-008005- ↗ · map ↗
  • Málainn Mhóir · “Its orthostatic structure stands in a coffin-shaped cairn bounded by drystone walling.” · SMR DG089-012---- ↗ · map ↗
  • Málainn Mhóir · “This monument, not shown on any edition of the OS 6-inch map, is the easternmost of the seven tombs (Dg. 90-96) in the valley opening onto Malin Bay.” · SMR DG089-013---- ↗ · map ↗
  • Málainn Mhóir · “When describing the nearby portal tomb (Dg. 93), which lies 80m to the E, Norman Moore (1872, 524) mentioned that there was a 'chamber cromlech of small dimensions' 40 yards (c. 37m) W of it.” · SMR DG089-020---- ↗ · map ↗
  • Masiness · “This may have been a megalithic tomb but cannot be relied on as such on the basis of the available evidence.” · SMR DG026-028---- ↗ · map ↗
  • Meenacargagh · “In 1989 a wedge tomb (Dg. 98) was discovered in this townland.” · SMR DG077-034---- ↗
  • Meenbog · “The structural remains consist of a court at the SSE leading to a ruined gallery.” · SMR DG068-002---- ↗ · map ↗
  • Meencargagh (Dooish Ed) · “Though evidently damaged during the planting process, the main features of the tomb are still apparent.” · SMR DG077-024---- ↗ · map ↗
  • Meenformal · “The tomb is enveloped in the bog, and some structure may still remain concealed.” · SMR DG027-028---- ↗ · map ↗
  • Meenkeeragh · “South of the tomb and beyond the valley is a range of high ground with mountain peaks.” · SMR DG029-036---- ↗ · map ↗
  • Meenletterbale · “A roofless chamber stands at the NE, and beyond this to the SW are three orthostats, indicating that further structure existed here for a distance of at least 7m beyond the extant chamber.” · SMR DG012-027---- ↗ · map ↗
  • Millford · “There is no known megalithic tomb nor any other structure that might merit the name 'Giant's Grave' in the town of Millford nor in the townland, also Millford, in which it is situated.” · SMR DG036-036---- ↗
  • Mondooey Upper · “Five orthostats represent a megalithic chamber, c. 4m long, orientated ENE-WSW, perhaps originally part of a long gallery.” · SMR DG062-017---- ↗ · map ↗
  • Muntermellan · “Immediately S of the tomb the ground falls sharply to the inner reaches of Sheep Haven Bay c. 600m distant.” · SMR DG015-013---- ↗ · map ↗
  • Muntermellan · “It had, apparently, stood in a cairn.” · SMR DG015-037---- ↗
  • Murroe · “The monument stands on a level tract of boggy pasture 1.6km E of the court tomb (Dg. 52) in Errarooey Beg townland and 1.5km S of the sandy beach to the E of Dooros Point.” · SMR DG025-009---- ↗ · map ↗
  • Na Fargáin (Tc Leitir Mhic An Bhaird) · “The monument consists of an unroofed but otherwise well-preserved gallery that is preceded at the E by the remains of a court.” · SMR DG065-017---- ↗ · map ↗
  • Oirear Dhumhaí Beag · “The tomb stands at the edge of a flat tract of heather-grown bog c. 4km NE of Falcarragh on the coastal strip between Ballyness Bay and Horn Head and overlooks lower ground to the S.” · SMR DG025-005---- ↗ · map ↗
  • Oirear Dhumhaí Beag · “The monument lies 650m SW of the court tomb (Dg. 52) in the same townland and 1.1km SE of the extensive beach stretching eastward from Ballyness Bay.” · SMR DG025-017---- ↗ · map ↗
  • Pollaguill · “In this townland, 'on a gentle elevation contiguous to the sea shore' at the W side of Horn Head peninsula, there was a 'sepulchral' monument that, according to Thomas Fagan (1845-8), was destroyed during land clearance …” · SMR DG015-038---- ↗
  • Portlough · “Although the nature of the site remains uncertain, there is no convincing evidence that the stones noted by Fagan ever formed part of a megalithic tomb.” · SMR DG047-019---- ↗ · map ↗
  • Rahan Near · “Its suitability for use as a side orthostat in a megalithic tomb, particularly a wedge tomb given its orientation and decrease in height from SW to NE, deems it worthy of record, although its origin and function remain …” · SMR DG098-039---- ↗ · map ↗
  • Ráith · “This tomb lies c. 1km S of the court tomb in Ballyboe (Dg. 5) and around the same distance N of another in Moyra Glebe (Dg. 103) and stands 600m E of the Ray River.” · SMR DG025-035---- ↗ · map ↗
  • Rashenny · “Two opposed orthostats may be interpreted as the sides of a gallery orientated NNE-SSW.” · SMR DG011-005001- ↗ · map ↗
  • Rinclevan · “Although the monument appears to have been some form of chambered burial site, its nature remains uncertain.” · SMR DG015-018---- ↗ · map ↗
  • Roosky Upper · “The monument is a dual-court tomb aligned almost N-S.” · SMR DG069-035---- ↗ · map ↗
  • Roshin (Killybegs Ed) · “The monument is quite ruined but seems to have consisted of a chamber or gallery aligned NW-SE.” · SMR DG097-034002- ↗ · map ↗
  • Rowantreehill · “Only two orthostats of the monument survive.” · SMR DG107-102---- ↗ · map ↗
  • Sand Island · “The second orthostat, which leaned northward, was 1.4m high and seems to have been the sidestone of a chamber opening to the SE.” · SMR DG073-036---- ↗ · map ↗
  • Shalwy · “This monument, one of the three excavated court tombs in the same rocky coastal valley, stands on a low knoll of rock between the other two (Dg. 12 and Dg. 40).” · SMR DG097-018---- ↗ · map ↗
  • Sharagore · “This feature was first shown on the 1847-50 edition of the OS 6-inch map.” · SMR DG018-011---- ↗ · map ↗
  • Sharagore,An Tóin Dubh (Tc Allt Na Péiste) · “The structure, somewhat ruined, consists of an unroofed gallery at least 4m long aligned SW-NE and flanked at either side by the remains of outer-walling.” · SMR DG018-010---- ↗ · map ↗
  • Srath Bruithne Uachtarach · “Tomb, at least 2.6m long, is aligned NNE-SSW.” · SMR DG091-005---- ↗ · map ↗
  • Srath Laoill Thuaidh · “It consists of a small E-facing chamber c. 2m long and 0.6m to c. 0.8m wide.” · SMR DG090-001---- ↗ · map ↗
  • Stragar · “McNelis (1952), in notes compiled in 1931, noted 'six large stones standing in an elliptical space and some distance apart' in the above townland and considered the feature to be a 'grave monument'” · SMR DG091-004---- ↗
  • Stroove · “According to an entry in an OS Revision Name Book (1847-8), these stones formed part of a 'druidical sepulchre' known as 'Dermot and Grania's Bed', and an accompanying sketch of what appears to be a megalithic gallery …” · SMR DG013-007---- ↗ · map ↗
  • Tawlaght · “The monument, a gallery preceded at the E by a largely concealed court, stands in a large, roughly oval cairn.” · SMR DG101-007---- ↗ · map ↗
  • Tawlaght · “This tomb, not shown on any edition of the OS 6-inch map, is 2km SE of Lough Derg and c. 900m SSW of the court tomb (Dg. 118) in the same townland.” · SMR DG101-009---- ↗ · map ↗
  • Tawnyvorgal · “Although it cannot be ruled out that these are the remains of a collapsed structure, there is at present no good reason to suppose that there was a megalithic tomb here.” · SMR DG094-003---- ↗ · map ↗
  • Templemoyle · “The tomb consists of a small SE-facing chamber, the front of which has collapsed.” · SMR DG004-035---- ↗ · map ↗
  • Tír Leadáin · “The monument, greatly ruined, consists of the remains of a gallery, c. 6.5m long, preceded at the N by the remains of the W arm of a court.” · SMR DG028-001---- ↗ · map ↗
  • Toraigh · “According to Hunter (1972), a megalithic tomb was shown on the 1910 edition of the OS 6-inch map.” · SMR DG006-005---- ↗
  • Tromaty · “Two opposed orthostats, 1.4m apart and aligned NNE-SSW, protrude from the northern face of the fence.” · SMR DG030-008---- ↗ · map ↗
  • Tromaty · “Colhoun (1995) suggested that a mound at this location may contain a chambered grave.” · SMR DG030-009---- ↗ · map ↗
  • Tuaim (Tc Leitir Mhic An Bhaird) · “The monument consists of two megalithic chambers, both on the same axis and set 10m apart, toward the ends of a long narrow mound aligned ESE-WNW.” · SMR DG065-005---- ↗ · map ↗
  • Tullyally · “This feature was first shown on the 1849 edition of the OS 6-inch map, where it is named 'Giant's Grave'” · SMR DG021-005---- ↗ · map ↗
  • Tullynabratilly · “Somerville (1929, 155-6) gave the following description: 'This appears to be the remains of a chamber grave.” · SMR DG010-019---- ↗ · map ↗
  • Uaigh · “On the rocky summit above this spot there was 'a small cavity or cist' known as 'Dermot and Granny's Bed', which Borlase considered may have been a natural feature.” · SMR DG040-006---- ↗

From: Sites and Monuments Record. Megalithic tombs page →

Crannógs · 26
  • An Port (Tc Dún Fionnachaidh) · “An artificially constructed mound of stones c. 1m above the present level of Port Lough.” · SMR DG025-012---- ↗ · map ↗
  • An Roisín Theas · “In the E half of Maghery Lough, a small tidal lake located in a strip of coastal machair which is bordered to S by mountainous terrain.” · SMR DG056-005001- ↗ · map ↗
  • Brockagh (Creenasmear Ed) · “An oval-shaped island in Brockagh Lough is possibly an artificial stone cairn formed around some natural rock.” · SMR DG034-003---- ↗ · map ↗
  • Carrickataggart · “An early report (NMI topographical files) suggest 'two crannogs' in Lough Adeery.” · SMR DG091-001---- ↗ · map ↗
  • Carrickrory,Loughultan · “An apparently natural island 29m × 15m in Lough Ultan appears to have some evidence of structural remains on its NNW side.” · SMR DG105-004---- ↗ · map ↗
  • Cashelenny · “An oval island in Lough Nageage apparently artifi-cially constructed of stones although possibly on a natural rock base.” · SMR DG102-002---- ↗ · map ↗
  • Crannogeboy · “The nature of the site is not clear but seems likely to have been some form of lake habitation.” · SMR DG073-024---- ↗ · map ↗
  • Curraghavogy · “A small island, c. 20m in diameter in Gartan Lough known as Gallagher's Isle seems possibly to have been of artificial construction.” · SMR DG052-002---- ↗ · map ↗
  • Doire Uí Fhríl · “A circular area of reeds growing in the middle of Derryreel Lake might suggest a submerged crannog.” · SMR DG025-036---- ↗ · map ↗
  • Drumboghill · SMR DG064-027---- ↗ · map ↗
  • Dún Lúiche Íochtarach · “Marked 'Crannoge Island' on the 3rd edition of the OS 6-inch map.” · SMR DG042-001---- ↗ · map ↗
  • Dún Lúiche Íochtarach · “Depicted as a small circular 'island' with the designaton 'Monk's Island' in Dunlewy Lough on the 1906 ed. of the OS 6-inch map.” · SMR DG042-005---- ↗ · map ↗
  • Greenan · “Inishgarve or Moylederg Island was partially excavated.” · SMR DG085-003---- ↗ · map ↗
  • Kilwarry · “Kinahan (1889, 281) suggested that a small island in Columcille Lough is a 'Stone crannog'” · SMR DG036-011---- ↗ · map ↗
  • Lackagh · “An island in Lough Pound appears to have been artificially constructed of stones.” · SMR DG064-006---- ↗ · map ↗
  • Loch Na Mbradán · “Located at the NE end of Lough Nambraddan.” · SMR DG090-015---- ↗ · map ↗
  • Magheramenagh · “A flat, tree-covered, small island, low in the water of Loughnatooey North and c. 40m offshore may be artificially constructed.” · SMR DG025-024---- ↗ · map ↗
  • Meendoran · “A small island in Lough Fad 14m N-S × 13m E-W apparently consisting of an artificial mound of stones rises 1m out of the water at present.” · SMR DG010-036---- ↗ · map ↗
  • Moyle (Tullyfern Ed) · “About 150m off the E shore at the N end of Lough Fern is a subcircular island 18m N-S by 21m E-W.” · SMR DG036-028---- ↗ · map ↗
  • Muine Beag · “Depicted as a small circular 'island' in Dunlewy Lough on the 1906 ed. of the OS 6-inch map.” · SMR DG042-004---- ↗ · map ↗
  • Mulnagoad · “An island in Bannus Lough 9m E-W × 6.5m N-S appears to have been artificially constructed.” · SMR DG105-011---- ↗ · map ↗
  • Roosky (Fahan Ed) · “An artificial island now submerged in Portlough, formerly O'Lappan's Lough, was revealed in 1832 and 1848.” · SMR DG055-002---- ↗ · map ↗
  • Rossbeg · SMR DG064-015---- ↗ · map ↗
  • Rossbeg · SMR DG064-026---- ↗ · map ↗
  • Tuaim (Tc Leitir Mhic An Bhaird) · SMR DG065-006---- ↗ · map ↗
  • Woodhill (Kincraigy Ed) · “An apparently artificial island in Sessiagh Lake con-structed of stone 18.8m N-S and 20m E-W.” · SMR DG016-021---- ↗ · map ↗

From: Sites and Monuments Record. Crannógs page →

Abbeys and friaries · 9
  • Abbey Island · “Assaroe Abbey: This Cistercian monastery, a daughter house of Boyle, was founded in 1178.” · SMR DG107-044001- ↗ · map ↗
  • Balleeghan (Manorcunningham Ed) · “Balleeghan Friary: Founded by O'Donnell for the Franciscan Third Order Regular probably in the later 15th century.” · SMR DG054-003---- ↗ · map ↗
  • Ballysaggart · “Fan an Charta Friary, a Franciscan Third Order Regular friary, was founded by MacSwiney Banagh, probably in the second half of the 15th century; the community was driven out soon after the Irish defeat at Kinsale in …” · SMR DG098-031001- ↗ · map ↗
  • Glebe (Donegal Ed) · “Donegal Friary is a National Monument in State care (No.175).” · SMR DG093-013002- ↗ · map ↗
  • Killydonnell · “Killydonnell Friary: Founded in 1471 by Calvagh O'Donnell for the Franciscan Third Order Regular the friary survived intact until suppressed c. 1603 when it was granted to Capt.” · SMR DG046-017---- ↗ · map ↗
  • Kilmacrenan (Kilmacrenan Ed) · “Kilmacrenan Friary: The friary was founded, probably after 1537, by Manus O'Donnell for the Franciscan Third Order Regular.” · SMR DG045-010001- ↗ · map ↗
  • Lurganboy (Donegal Ed) · “Magherabeg Friary: founded in the 15th century for the Franciscan Third Order Regular by O'Donnell.” · SMR DG099-010001- ↗ · map ↗
  • Machaire Uí Rabhartaigh (Tc An Craoslach) · “Ballymacswiny Friary; This friary was founded probably in the second half of the 15th century by McSwiny Doe for the Franciscan Third Order Regular.” · SMR DG026-030---- ↗ · map ↗
  • Rathmullan and Ballyboe · “Rathmullan Priory: Founded in 1516 for the Carmelite Order by Owen Roe MacSweeney and dedicated to the Blessed Virgin Mary, the priory survived intact until 1595 when it was plundered by Bingham; the friars returned and …” · SMR DG037-007003- ↗ · map ↗

From: Sites and Monuments Record. Abbeys and friaries page →

Castles · 11

From: Wikipedia's castle categories. Castles page →

Lighthouses · 12
  • Rotten Island lighthouse · Rotten Island · tower built 1838 · Wikipedia ↗ · map ↗
  • St John's Point Lighthouse, County Donegal · Dunkineely · tower built 1831 · map ↗
  • Rathlin O'Birne Lighthouse · Glencolmcille · tower built 1856 · map ↗
  • Ballagh Rocks Lighthouse · Arranmore · tower built 1982 · map ↗
  • Arranmore Lighthouse · Arranmore · tower built 1798 · map ↗
  • Tory Island Lighthouse · Tory Island · tower built 1832 · Wikipedia ↗ · map ↗
  • Buncrana Light · Buncrana · tower built 1876 · map ↗
  • Dunree Lighthouse · Dunree · tower built 1876 · map ↗
  • Fanad Head Lighthouse · Fanad · tower built 1817 · Wikipedia ↗ · map ↗
  • Inishtrahull Lighthouse · Inishtrahull Island · tower built 1812 · Wikipedia ↗ · map ↗
  • Inishowen Lighthouse · Inishowen · tower built 1837 · map ↗
  • Inishowen East · Inishowen · tower built 1837 · no longer lit

From: Wikipedia's list of lighthouses in Ireland. Lighthouses page →

Award beaches · 16
  • Bundoran · Blue Flag 2026
  • Carrickfinn · Blue Flag 2026
  • Culdaff · Blue Flag 2026
  • Downings · Blue Flag 2026
  • Fintra · Blue Flag 2026
  • Killahoey · Blue Flag 2026
  • Marble Hill · Blue Flag 2026
  • Murvagh · Blue Flag 2026
  • Narin · Blue Flag 2026
  • Rossnowlagh · Blue Flag 2026
  • Stroove · Blue Flag 2026
  • Ballyheirnan · Green Coast 2026
  • Dooey Beach · Green Coast 2026
  • Drumnatinney · Green Coast 2026
  • Magheroarty Beach · Green Coast 2026
  • Port Arthur Beach · Green Coast 2026

From: Blue Flag and Green Coast awards. Award beaches page →

National parks · 1
  • Glenveagh National Park · Gleann Bheatha · established 1984 · Wikipedia ↗

From: Wikipedia, National parks of Ireland. National parks page →

Before you go looking

Source: National Monuments Service, Archaeological Survey of Ireland, Sites and Monuments Record, open data via data.gov.ie ↗ (CC BY 4.0); every record links to the Historic Environment Viewer ↗. Northern Ireland: Northern Ireland Sites and Monuments Record (Department for Communities, Historic Environment Division), OpenDataNI ↗.

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