jOURNAL OF THE COUNTY DONEGAL HISTORICAL SOCIETY SO·ld. One olf the o·rdginal' CIQIVeir-ftaigs, but n-01W dtsplac1edi and leiani:ng aigiaJnist the· up!rii'ghit, has OO! it cu.p m;airklings. Some orf the sitru1dtuxes Wlrtlhi'n the surmund:i.n.g fence· rwere e.v:ld·enltlly fosleac ro101feid w.itlh huge :fla;gs; whi:le other.s, fr10m t:Jheiir size, werie· proiblably rio•()lf.ed with! sods and c1iaw. T.h•ree hund,red yiards S.S.E. 01f the Leitter fOiSZeac thei°'e· is 1a standingstone, s·aid to be a gi:an1t's PlU>hingston.e w:i:th cU'P's on 1ilt beililg the im:pre1s.SdloiiliS orf his finigers. AUGHIAWO!N!E'Y. A large Liss S.W. of Lou.tr!h. ~ern. 6~~ • OHU1RCHT'OWN. Here are the ruins of an a.bb•ey in w;h.ich st. oo:Lumblk!i'He· is said t•o hialve· died and been . bluJrietd and 01f a C:hJUr•c'h and welll diedi:catled to hi;si memorY'; ·aliso .two very .rl'Uide sitandd:ng .croisses. In the vli!Cilniltly 01f 'the "S1tia1ti-01n" there• was a cl:ay Wlhlich pr.evenited ·the :pos:se1ssor of a. poilti.'On of i:t from be'ing dirorw.ned1 ; brwt thie. cl•a.y could oITliy be· raised by onie ·of the- O'Flr1eW8. A Scoitsma:n, hJolw!eveir, wen1t ·to radise1 th1e .c:tay alnd it ali1 dislaipipeia.red. La.ter the O'Friie~s dilscove['ed i.t in the; eastern. bpu:nd1ary orf the tiownlarnd, i'ts looailltey be1ing rev,eal1ed :to 1:1hiem in a dveam tha't if t:he!Y v1s1i:tsd the plaree1 on ar ce:r1tatn n.:g;a.t fir:e: and s:team woiuld be· seen aE;e1end1ing .from tts. hild.i:ng :plaice. When the Mac SwereneYIS IW'e're e:vttcted from G!Len.rve1a,g'h etaiC!h! one1 of them is s:a.id to ha v:e ca.rr:Led a bdlt ()If thi:s clay to thed,r new 'hoime:si i:n Amiericia. L..AIC!HiNlACOO. To the· west of the northrexn hiamle1t are two cups cu.t i:n a rock surface ain:d near the· ruins of a vmage (1888) th&1e1 is ,a halla.u,n; further· sou1thrw1ard, St. Oo~umbctHe's S1tone a:nd a small circl:e· of s"ta.ndiinigstonres. Th:e Stone· i:s rudely cilrcuLarr and ha,s on its sur·f1aice nunierious cups. It :h1a.s1 be1e:n suggested. tJha:t bo·th are a.ssocta1ted witth an ancd·ein.t hiell'mitagie. The Ma,c Sw:eeneiy:s·, whien evdic:teld flrom D21rryv1e1a,glh, are· sa:i:d· ,to h!av;e1 Siliept ·their Last .ni:ght in their ruaitivie· ·g.~ on a11-.d arlOUnd thiis stone. G!LEIB!E. "'St. Oo1lumbcille'.s Slte!P!Pimg Stones" extenrdling from this townla.nd into Gairt•an Lake. ROSffJIN. IRUdiillS Of a cQSlhel, not ma.riked on o.s. Ma:p, pairlt oif whl:eh was undermined w1hen tihe· lake extended its limirts. See ''Looh !Bett:!hia, Oou:IlJty DOnegial'" Proceedings Roya~ Il1sh Academy, 2nd Series, Vol. 11, No. 8, p. 472. ·:DU[!JYBEG. Litss, on the srwnmdlt of a drumlin, commanding the uasses tilwough. t:Jhe nelilgihboruring hd[~. MlUULA!GlEmAEP. In a small: pliaiin a I:Lttle souith O/f tihle summit Olf·. tlhe hill there are lusca;,s O'f the [)lonegal ty;pe. 'I1hiery ~ire ftirsit dJJsoolV'ereci 1n 1854 and .in th€!tn the remains of fires and itlll.ie brokie:n !blOlnes Off an l!rtlJsh elk. Tlhese bones w:ere &ell1it by Lord Georgie HillJ. to t:Jhe Royial Lrish Aoo.:ci'ellllY' and a.re now Jn the Nlaltiotnal M!usemn. Ablout the midd~ olf' the oonroury· a ho.r1iZ10n:tlaJI fliag, 15· teet lOlng by 9 feet wide, was f ound1 resting on a round orak pdlilar Uiilder 9' fee•t of peat ilil a bog Qlll ·tlhe meMing w:ilth the. tolwnIDalnd Olf Ray. ]t wrus:talren frpm there tJo tihie pier of RJalneiLtQin and used aJS a cap-stone. BAJLILYAIRIR. In ia JJo:w portion in the S.W. O'f tJhis toiwnJiaind a tuiarm or barrow, called "Dlrumr:rubaiun," WlalS le1V1e1rnect ablou:t thie yeair 1854, and ain urn and kistvaien found m lit. 'Dhe urn was serut to the R.I.A. aoouit the same 1tJimie as the e1llk iblO!nes from l\1iU11agiheie1p. OLAIRAiGIH. Dallan on the mMgtn ()If tlhe river fiat. ' . OASIHEILGtAY. Nlo tnlce of cashel butt on E. stde of tlhie Viil'llalge d6 a gira.mroe erratic wiilth· cup mark:ling1s. COO!LIBIOY. iRo/Clk ·marking on a hiiHmcte to S.W. of the viLlllage and i:n a hli!l.'l in thre bog to E. orf road a SQ.WairJlsh eMthen urn WJaS saiJd. to ha,ve been dlug out wihlen ra:ilsdnig gravel·; wor'kled :ftltruts a~so; no trace of elilth.er urn or flinlts. iBAU.iYNlASOAlODEIN. Wihen cwt:Jttng ·turf here in 1800, Mr. Jolhin Ohaipman, 01 Spring VaJe! Hbuse:, c:rume o:n ari upiriglh1t w:aJttlei fence undler a:bou:t 13 feeit orf peiait. RiACIE OOiUlRISIE. S .. W. o1 village iJs, a llarg.e dallan. LOUIG!HIAiGiAINNON. UndleT a shlarllbw mountain bog .m N.E. Port.fun, of thdis toiwnltand niulnerous Wlorked fli:nts and ·Chi'PSI a:t a dieipth o!f ablauit seven feeit. BAJI..[.iYralOENCIU!RmlAG!H. Ve~ !large d!a:Ua:n (IllOlt mar!kied on O.S. Maip) D.01W ly:in1g on! ~ si'<fu on: ·the hdllll srope. 12'.l
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