What is recorded here

Cloch Liath means grey stone, and the grey stone is gone. What remained was a tall marker, two metres high and broad enough to cast a shadow across the field. It stood in Blakestown long enough for people to name the place after it, then disappeared without a crack or scar. The field forgot the shape of the stone, but the name still points to the absence.

The following description is derived from both the published 'Archaeological Inventory of County Louth' (Dublin: Stationery Office, 1986) and the 'Archaeological Survey of County Louth' (Dublin: Stationery Office, 1991). In certain instances the entries have been revised and updated in the light of recent research. Date of upload/revision: 17 July 2007 Formerly situated in field known as 'Cloch Liath'. Standing stone (max. dims. H 2.1m, 1m by 0.6m in section) (CLAJ 1952, 264). No visible surface trace.

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