What is recorded here

The standing stone in Ballinvally, County Meath, is a limestone post, 1.8m tall with a square cross-section and pointed top, set at the outer edge of a rock outcrop terrace on a NW-facing slope. It points nowhere in particular, which suits a place where the land itself seems to lean outward. A person walking that slope at dusk would have felt the stone waiting, not watching, as if the terrace had grown a finger to touch the sky.

Situated at the outer edge of a rock outcrop terrace on a NW-facing slope. This stone is limestone and has a square cross-section (dims 0.47m x 0.41m) with no discernible orientation and a pointed top (H 1.8m). The above 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. Compiled by: Michael Moore Date of revision: 1 November 2018

Likely dating to the Neolithic or Bronze Age, this standing stone may have served a ceremonial or territorial function. No specific folklore or inscriptions are associated with it.

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