Marked on the first edition of the Ordnance Survey 6-inch map, this ancient stone monument occupied a position along a north-south running ridge of low-lying arable land. Today, no visible trace remains of what was likely a prehistoric burial mound or commemorative marker, its stones presumably cleared away or repurposed as the land was brought under cultivation.

The disappearance of such monuments is unfortunately common across Ireland’s agricultural regions, where centuries of farming have gradually erased many archaeological features from the surface. This particular cairn was documented as part of the comprehensive Archaeological Survey of County Donegal, compiled by Brian Lacey and his team in 1983. Their work, which catalogued field antiquities from the Mesolithic period through to the 17th century, provides one of the few remaining records of this lost monument.

Whilst the cairn itself has been lost to time, its former location on that long ridge serves as a reminder of Donegal’s rich prehistoric past. The county is home to numerous other cairns, court tombs, and portal dolmens that have survived; some protected by their remote locations, others by local tradition and respect for these ancient places. Each lost monument like the one at Bauville Keeloges represents a small piece of Ireland’s archaeological puzzle that we can now only understand through historical maps and survey records.