What is recorded here

The following description is derived from the published 'Archaeological Inventory of County Meath' (Dublin: Stationery Office, 1987). In certain instances the entries have been revised and updated in the light of recent research. Date of upload/revision: 10 July 2007 Now situated in centre of barrow (ME031-033010-), but originally beside passage-tomb (ME031-033007-). H 1.55m, 0.4m by 0.35m with rounded top. (Macalister 1931, 29-31)

Lia Fail, Castleboy is likely associated with the Bronze Age and may have functioned as a ritual or territorial marker. The name "Lia Fail," meaning "Stone of Destiny," suggests a possible connection to later Irish tradition, though its original prehistoric meaning or use remains uncertain.

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