JOURNAL OF THE·.COUNTY DONEGAL HISTORICAL SOCIETY .MAJGHEIRIAIBIOY. Ratty; holy well. 'IIRJ1JMN1AOH. Giant's rock and: "Giant's Oravie," also the site of an ;ancient c1hur.ch over wh~ch the Letterkenny rai1Jway now passes. JO!LTOY. Auglhianunchin Church. Not an ancient structure :but may mark the locus of an ancient foundation. :LJ:S!EINAN. Holy well. ·OAS'I!LiIDBA!NE. Remains oif Caher or stone fort. In the N. side Qf the wan the:r1e was, a chamber and a doorway; close to the latter is a ftag with seven cup mark.ings on it. WOO[)LA!ND. Two lus;cas close to- . ge,ther. "Were they formerl·y in a li:ss atl themeartng: oif this: to1Wnland?" (Kinahan). :LISAlN®SE UPPIER There is a s,tructure 1N.E. of the ttWo luscas in the townland of Woodland similar to those called "C[omleacs." This one :appears to have ibeen a. fos1leac and is not mrur:ked on :the Ordinance Surv1ey Map. OROOAN'OE SIHEET 54. 13.A!I.J.L,YLIA!WlN. Dallan on a slope over Lough SwiUy. 13/ALIUE{EIG!I{'.AiN. Albbey. T.he· mullions of the wlndolW are of cambistone (impure .soapstone) a;nd _were put in to replace the more ancient SiandSitone. DRIEAN. Dallam. one mile sou:th of [6alleeg:tmn. M!ANO!R\CUNiNINGIHIAJM:. Very lar:ge dallatn immedi.ateily we.st of the village. RiA:YMOG!EIY. IOhurch and graveyia.rd. E. of them is a hUl wh:icih may have been. a. .moat. tAit N.E. oif Oamphill is a da·z·zan. MAlG!H\EiR1A!MIOiRIE. Site of .~· very large liss ove:rloo1k[ng Lough: SW11ly; ·ramp1a["1ts levelled. · , FLIUCIK. Conspicuous da.zzan ·on ·the briink: olf Conna:gihan burn. CIAiR!RJCtK[B1ALlLYDOEY. : 'D1allatn on th~ , sJolJje of ia :hill E. of Connaghan -burn.-, has.two cros:ses· cut into it: EIRIRIITY. ~-'Gd1ant's Grav·e" marked o-n · O.S. Map; biroken ;ipi and removed just befor-e visit~ci . py Kinahan. WILLY1EOGLY. T!W:6 · aa:zzains (one of ti1:1em ve·rv Ja.rge), ,:N.S. · . SAiLLYlBIROAH. . .J)dzt(iij'."::: 'With. .. cup- ~ ·~ ·;.; ..• 1 .....; ·: ~ markings. OODNANCIE SIHml' 00. KIUMASINY. Structure called ''Gashel'' on O.S. Maip, Kina·han viewed it as ruins of a ea:irn. DRIUMIA!NAiUOIHT. Dalla:n not marked on O.S. Map. DOON ~. A well; "no tradition connected wital it" (?). N.'N.E. is a liss havirug at S.W. a. bullar111 cut in a rounded block of granite. O~:DN'iANCIE SHFJET 61. AiRIDIAHEiE. In the flat adjoining Rive•r Swilly is the ,site of C:a:Stle ISJo.llas; a slig1ht ris.e in the cal101W is noiW only aibise-rvable. ROiCIKHHlL. Raheen. RANN. 'Dwo raths on the hi'gh ground N.S. line: 400 yards a.par;t. AiRIDAJGAiN. Lusca_; near N.W. mearing. LUlRIGYBIRAICiK, CORtRIANAGH and LISTIE~IAIN. In these to~nlands Zuscas occur. In the vicinity of the cav.e in Corran.a.gh flint and other stones, as well as bronz;e implements, have be·en found: While on the hill slope, about a mile to S.W., a number of unwrought and wrought flints were turned up1 when the mountain was tak·en in (1883-84). ORDNANCE SHEET 62. COR~Y. Lusca and s,omewhere to N.E. w:as said to be a stone beside which were burie-d a number oif ftints. LA,iBIA1D[SH, In W. of this to:wnland are three dazzans in a N.S. line. On the north brolW Of Blackhtll is a peculiar N.S. excavation, 5-00' x 50, so h~g!h on the hillside it could scarcely have been intended as a reservoir for water. It is called on O.S. Ma.p "Giant's Bed." TO: S.E. of town1and is a ra1ieen. L]SCUAiMEiRY. Liss or rath. MONIDOOEY LOWEIR. In the S. of this townland is a lusca, while a little to N. of its boundary on the S;W~ slope of Drumoglhill, are three dallans in a N.S. line.. · MONiDQOE'Y UPPEIR. · "Giant's Grave" in S.E. o·f thts townland.· DONEGIAL 0R[)IN1ANCIE SH!EErr 27. ORAN!F101RID. Alornrside the mountaln r.pad "Gi.a,nt's Gr.a.ve" was what . app.cared to . have been a Foszeac 123
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