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Standing stone, pair

What is recorded here

Sited on top of a natural pointed hillock (which appears to be scarped slightly at its base) are two large limestone slabs/boulders (E stone L. 3.8m x 1.25m; W stone L. 3.1m x 1.7m). One lies flat and the on the E side is on its edge but is tilted westwards towards the W slab/stone. The top of the hillcok has a small circular flat shape. There is a quarry on the SE siude of the hillock and a fairly gentle slope to the hillock at the W and N. Known locally as the 'Druid's Altar' (English, N. W. JOAS, 1, 1969, 4).
Likely dating to the Neolithic or Bronze Age, the stones at Clonbrusk may have functioned as a ritual or territorial marker. Their positioning on a prominent hillock suggests a ceremonial or symbolic use, possibly linked to landscape features or ancient pathways.

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