Kilclooney More

This article is about Kilclooney More in County Donegal. For the townland in County Galway, see Kilclooney.

Larger chamber of the eastern portal tomb in Kilclooney More with a capstone that has been described as ‘birdlike’ or ‘Concorde-like’ (Dg. 70)[1][2]

Kilclooney More (Irish: Cill Chluanadh Mhór,[3] meaning church of the pasture)[4] is a townland in the northwest of Ireland in coastal County Donegal. It is situated halfway between Narin and Ardara at the R261 on the Loughrea Peninsula.

  1. ^ Lacey, Brian (2013). "Prehistoric Archaeology of Donegal: c. 7000 BC to c. AD 500". In Mac Laughlin, Jim; Beattie, Seán (eds.). An Historical, Environmental and Cultural Atlas of County Donegal. Cork: Cork University Press. pp. 101–106. ISBN 978-1-85918-494-3. One of the most striking Neolithic monuments in Donegal is the portal tomb at Kilclooney More, near Ardara. Its 4.2- metre long 'birdlike' capstone is only one of the unusual features of this magnificent structure.
  2. ^ Lacy, Brian (1988). "Donegal". Archaeology Ireland. 2 (2): 48–52. Among the most impressive is the well-known Kilclooney More tomb with its famous 'Concorde-like' capstone.
  3. ^ "Cill Chluanadh Mhór". Retrieved 2 March 2017.
  4. ^ Flanagan, Deirdre; Flanagan, Laurence (1994). Irish Place Names. Dublin: Gill & Macmillan. p. 223. ISBN 0-7171-2066-X.