What is recorded here

Standing stone in Barbaha is a standing stone in Barbaha, County Tipperary, Ireland. It stands on high ground in an upland area with extensive views, beside a ring-barrow 8 metres to the west. The tall square-shaped limestone slab is 1.45 metres high, measures 1.04 metres by 0.25 metres, and is orientated on a north-northwest to south-southeast axis.

Situated on high ground in an upland area with extensive views; ring-barrow (TN020-058001) 8m to the W. A tall square-shaped limestone slab (H 1.45m; dims. 1.04m x 0.25m) orientated on a NNW-SSE axis. The above description is derived from 'The Archaeological Inventory of County Tipperary. Vol. 1 - North Tipperary' compiled by Jean Farrelly and Caimin O'Brien (Dublin: Stationery Office, 2002). In certain instances the entries have been revised and updated in the light of recent research. Date of upload/revision: 22 September 2008

Probably dates to the Bronze Age, given its association with a ring-barrow and upland location typical of ritual or funerary monuments. Its orientation and positioning may have had ceremonial or territorial significance, though specific folklore or use remains unrecorded.

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