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CAIRN & STANDING STONE: THE LECK STONE in Leck

CAIRN & STANDING STONE: THE LECK STONE

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The official Northern Ireland record identifies this as CAIRN & STANDING STONE: THE LECK STONE. Recorded period: PREHISTORIC. The official map point was placed at the centre of the recorded archaeological site from the source map reference.
Neolithic standing stone and cairn; dates to the early Bronze Age at latest. The site is significant as a rare surviving example of a combined cairn and standing stone in the region, reflecting ritual or territorial practices of prehistoric communities.

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