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The Shuggling Stone

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{{Orphan|date=October 2015}}The Shuggling Stone or "Clochnabogaddy" is a 13-ton boulder that sits at the edge of the moorland road between the Lackagh Bridge and Glen village in County Donegal in Ireland.^[1]

It is called the Shuggling Stone because it 'shuggles' very easily.^[1] Shuggling is an Irish word meaning to rattle, shake or jiggle something. With the aid of a short stick the huge boulder can be rocked or shuggled backwards and forwards.

The stone is a lump of glacial granite and was first recorded in 1834 by Lt. Lancey during the first Ordnance Survey of Ireland; he noted then that it could be rocked back and forth with one finger.^[2]

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1. ^¹Ask about Ireland website: Lackagh Bridge, Creeslough
2. ^County Donegal Historical Society website: "Past events: 2nd Field Day, Carrigart" - July 2009 — see under heading "2009 events"

3 : Granite formations|Geology of Ireland|Geography of County Donegal

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