JOURNAL OF THE COUNTY DONEGAL HISTORICAL SOCIETY KU.LYIDONINEILL. Abibey ruins "the mullions orf the window are now 1gone, a.lthoughi they were in place a few ye1ar,s a.go" (Kinahan). On a crag to the N.W. of aibbey is a fla.t stone called "the Friair's Seat." Carnhill half a mile N.'N.W. Olf Killydonnell ruins of Rath or fort or ;pJssdibly laxge cairn. Gl~U\iNGE. Ruins 0tf Burt Castle; built by O'Doherty in the fifteenth century, within an ancient zts's pn the summU of an isoJated!hilJ. To the N.W. close to the shore of the bay, a1re the ruins. oif a small church. ROfUiG!HlAN GiI.ElBIE. Site .of a rath. ROUGi.HIAN. Circle. ORJDNJANOE SHEET 52. "CIAJSiHIELiL FORT" Ruins which look like the remains orf a. cairn. CIROCIKRii\IW. A s:teep hill adapted as a Dun or hUl fort; traces Qlf walls and ramparrts, 1886. S.W. of hill; s t'a n diing-sitone-. KrnEL.JO/GIUE. In the abrupt hill of Leafin there is a zu.sc·a or artiifticial c:ave and the hill itsielf appears to ihave been adapted as a dun. OAB!RiA OCiEiBE Rluins of Raheen and a quia.rte.r of a mile to E. is the dun of C'arriic1knaskea. ~t the river side to E. Oif 'Drombologe Biridige is a deep hole from w:hich the stones to buil:d Dougla.s AJbbey were taken. ..Spme ti:me ago this hole was pumped out and i:t is. said that a rude s;et of steps · was discov,ered leading doiwn to the bottom; a. little to tine south of thiis, when opening a quarry, a number 01f work,ed flints were found, together with a.sihes" (Kinahan). !Flints are oc.casion.al1y picked u:p here in tmage and in the bogs tp the S. va,rious bronze ins,trruments h1ave been f.ound. AATHJDONJNEU... The summit of a Drumlin or isolated driif't-hill is crowned witih a Large rath from rwhich Lo:r'd Rathdonnell is said to hav'e taken his title. SOC1K.AR. Tlwo· dazzains npt marked on Ordnance Survey. 'POLLANS. · Three hu.ndre-d yards S.W. of Sockar Dallans is a holy well called Tdber'nag1lo'rf'y and S.W. Of this :is a second called Alea?", and on· the ;slope over it a large :fl:a.t stone marked on Ordnance Map "Al,te["." STA~. Holy well called To'bernasao. 122 TIEMlP[jE[)OUGLAS. Ruins of abbey; much dilapidated and in them are the remains of elaborate. tomibs: of the Maic Davilts. Immediate:ly W. of the townland of Breenagih are the mutnated remains of a cashel or ciairn. ~. Remains of liss or caiher. DOON GiLEBIE. Neair the Rliver SwilLy is a cupped dallan called the "King's Stone"; on the brorw of a ihill to N.E. are ruins of a cashel, and a quarte·r of a mile to N. 01f cashel is a bullan cut out in solid rock. ORIDNANC!E SURVEY SHEET 53. OARROWOAIRJRY. Large li.ss on summit of iso1a.ted hiU; and a qua.rter of a mile to N.N.W. "there was till late years a standing-stone." EIDENAOARN:A SOUTH. Various antiquities now (1886) "all more or less dismantled"; a hillock, now almost entirely levelled is called ''Marra.gh's Sta.ble." BiALLYNiASC!A!DaJEN. Laing narrow hill running N.E. and S.W. At fo.ot of N.E. .slope :Ls a ralieen and on the top of slope i:s anoitheT. At foot of S.W. slope was a dauan (now remo~ed) and another 330 y:ards N.E., two cup markings on it, said to be t1he '$finger-marks of a giant who liv·ed in the upper raheen." KmULY'CLUG. Site Qf dallan said to have bieen removed during the building of Lertterkenny reservoir. GLiEINCIAiR SICOTIC!H'. Foisleac, or .dweHing buHt of sl~a.hs1 ; not marked on Ordnance Map. 'IlUlJLY:G!AY. Dallam or standingstone·. CONW.AU... OhU~·Ch and holy well; 1slite oli1 .anc:tent a;blbey. BMJLYrMlA!COOL. On Drumhill remains olf l~'s or lusca. SAUIAJG!H:N1Ai~. Dallan., a qu.a.r· ter of a mile E. of Ballymacool. I..lETT\EIRKEN'NY. A short dis•t.ance W.S.W. oif the church is the site olf the C'a.stle O'f O'Clannan from whence the place derived its name· (Slope of the O'Cam;nons). OLIDTOWN. Dallan which stood at the •ford where the old Letterkenny bridge was built and may have been a landmark for the ford. At . the e1a.stern end of this torwnland stood the church. of Leck wi:th its holy well
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