JOURNAL OF THE COUNTY DONEGAL HISTORICAL SOCIETY fiacing N.S., oover stone 9! fee.t by 41 fee:t, destro~ed by worikers circia 1885, searching for 'buried treasure. iBl\lI.JL YGOWl.AN. IR!emains of g:ranite cromleac along roadside. CIAiRLAJN. E. of village 01 Carl.an :Upper are four daUam, N.S. line, three of which were thr01wn d~. GORTN!A'DHIRJAJW. A1on~side the village iat the foot of Knoclt1aUa remains Olf a good-sized Caner c:a.lled "ldsnafea1ey." In t:b.e· remains of one wall is a chamber r90rfed with horizon t a i slabs. WOO[)QUA!RTER. Adjoini:ng Mulroy Bay on an aibrupt hill opposite Rabbiit Island is the rud.n of a Mgh waJled Cashel cha.ractenstic of the Oouility [)loneg:al; called Doongonmoyle. RIAININY. Well caHed Teimpadesha. No trace oif church remains. BMLYBO.Et Remains of large liss or day fort. GORIT'!NAiVamtN. Good e:xiample Olf socalled Cramleac, called' on the Map "iDe,rmot and Grraine's Bed." 12 feet by 5 feet; e.over :flags, 12 fe.et by 7 feet; 1sloping N.; front pillars, 7 feet .. OAlRJROWRIIDAGH. I:n Glenv:ar, ruins of a "Dermot and Or1aine's Bed." OAJR.lNiGWRROW. Well c:alled Tob€rpa tric•k, and S. o:f Glenv.ar a <X>nspicuours white quartz eriratic called "Cloughlbane." ·· OON1EG1A[, OIRlDINIA!NC!E SHEIET 28 ~. In N.E. is a struc1ture .caned «roian:t's Bed" which appears to have been - a douiblechamb€l'ied fiag-s'tone drwclling the • ciovrer-stones of Wlhich· were removed by local people wloon building their eabins. KIIJIJLY100LJMlAJN. On S.W. slope of LeQladian hill :are three Dalla:nis; one 01 them larger than the others. N'ea;r S. O!f thrfs to'W'llliand ~s a lar.ge square vazzan. with .a cross cut on its face. In the• tilLage of this town1'and numerous work!ed flints were found, On the .coast is a oave called ''The P1per"s Oave" and the drone of his pipe:s are often heard · underneath · farms as far a1wary as OUrraghkeel . and Oughiterlin. The legend is that aifter the:·O'Donnell$ settled in Ra.thmullan they began to ravish the countTy northlwards aind during one of thetr incursions the people 'hid in this cave. The O'Donnells, however, 'ct:isco;vered them and smoithered ·all but the piper who had .gone in so iiair that he e.scaped: since then he hra;s be·en herard piping unde·r:grnund and :from the mouth of the cave. DRiUlMlHIAil.1L, LOWEm. Near the Tiver in S. of to!Wil:land is an emensively c.arvied .standing-stone with crosses on tJWo sides. One of the crosses divides the fa•ce into four rectan:gular panels, each containing a bearded figure. All are in prolfiJ.e; the u;ppe1r figures are seated. All are bared-he:aided :and hold staffs in their hands. The lower figures wear ankle-leng:th doiaks and one h9lds a short crook:ed srtaff; thre other a Tshaped staff. The cross 1s decorated with .spiral interlaced tracery. Le!gend a1bout a Bishop associated with this st9ne (?). GlORTVM[lEIY. Site o.f dismantled liss and on Sl\lilllmit or: hill mar:ked "Mes:hannie:ave" a small cairn and kwtvean whiich w:as ravished by "'tr1ea,sure see~ers"; there was a tradition that a large· treasure· was buried here but that it is guardeti by a spirit who would destroy the countryside if found. .He· is supposed to !have driven away various adventurers. !Many· nm summits in this locality have simi'lar cairns and ,assocla.te kistveans. AlbiOIUit haJlf:-:a.-mile soutJh of "Mesihanneave" . there was an irregular small enclosure Which · was levellred .and tillred by the ten1ant ( c~irc;a 1880), in W'hdc:h was found stone implements .and pieces of pottery, 'Which Ki·nahan could not tria:ce. GUANBOY. On Orad:g;cia'lllilron ml:l! a carirn 1and kistv'eaJn. OUGHTERmNlN. ' Struct1Ure called "'Druid's Ailtar.'' It has a large rough flag as a corner-stone; 11 feet by 8 feet SUIJ>Ported :by four uprights, 3 feet b.i~h. There are local legends about ,t;hds structure. , ~ LOWlmR. · Large extensive fosle<J)c, called on the map "Giant's Grave." It was constriureted wtth well-shaped massive quartz fiags :and wtas originally encilosed With a fia·gged wall, but most of the surrounding upright flags have been . removed or tumbled ddWn. DONEGAL ORlDN'iAJNlOE SHEET 35. ' BA.RlNElS InW'E2R. Near the· summit of ·the high ridge to N. oif townl!and are
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