The 2nd edition OS 6-inch map from the late 19th century marked this spot simply as ‘Standing Stone’, whilst by the time of the 3rd edition, cartographers had amended their notation to ‘Standing Stone (site of)’, suggesting the monument had already vanished or fallen into ruin by that later survey.

Today, no trace remains of this ancient marker in the landscape. The stone itself has long since disappeared, leaving only its recorded position on historical maps to hint at its former presence. Like many of Ireland’s prehistoric monuments, it has succumbed to centuries of agricultural improvement, stone clearance, or perhaps deliberate destruction during periods when such monuments were viewed with suspicion or seen merely as convenient building material.

The lost standing stone of Creehennan joins countless other vanished monuments across Donegal; silent casualties of changing land use and shifting cultural values. Its documentation in the Archaeological Survey of County Donegal serves as a reminder that the landscape once held far more prehistoric monuments than survive today, each one a marker of ancient territories, burial sites, or ceremonial spaces whose original purposes we can only speculate about.