What is recorded here

Two sandstone giants stand eight decimeters apart on a steep slope beneath Arroo peak, their long faces aligned east-west like a door waiting for someone forgotten. They may be a single boulder split by time or force, now trapped inside a sheep shelter where woolly goats brush against ancient skin. The wedge tomb sits twenty-five metres west, suggesting these uprights marked death, birth, or the exact moment between.

In pasture on the W-facing slope of a steep hill but below the steep incline of Arroo peak which rises over the location to the E. Two large sandstone uprights (N stone: dims 2m x 0.75m; max. H 2.4m; S stone: 1.9m x 0.6m; max. H 2.95m) are both aligned E-W and stand with their long sides just 0.8m apart. They may be part of a split boulder, and are incorporated into the wall of a sheep shelter (LE003-003001-). The wedge tomb (LE003-001001-) is situated c. 25m to the W. The above description is derived from 'The Archaeological Inventory of County Leitrim' compiled by Michael J. Moore (Dublin: Stationery Office, 2003). In certain instances the entries have been revised and updated in the light of recent research. Date of upload: 23 September 2008

Probably dating to the Late Neolithic or Bronze Age, the pair of standing stones in Aghanlish may have functioned as a boundary marker, ritual site, or astronomical alignment feature. No specific folklore or detailed local tradition is recorded for this site.

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