What is recorded here

Standing stone in Boolakennedy (Shanrahan parish) is a standing stone in Boolakennedy (Shanrahan parish), County Tipperary, Ireland. The old red conglomerate sandstone block stands 0.8 metres high on a southeast-facing slope in the Galtee Mountains, where it overlooks an extensive plain and distant mountains. Its rectangular plan measures 0.93 metres by 0.53 metres at the base, tapers to 0.67 metres by 0.24 metres near the top, and presents broad flat faces toward the southeast and northwest.

On a SE-facing slope in the Galtee Mountains, overlooking an extensive plain and mountains beyond to the SE, otherwise surrounded by mountain slopes. An old red conglomerate sandstone standing stone (0.93m x 0.53m; H 0.8m), rectangular in plan and orientated NNE-SSW, with the broad flat faces to the SE and NW. The stone tapers towards the top (0.67m x 0.24m). Though relatively low, this standing stone is prominent on the open mountains slopes. See attached photographs: TS080-016----_01 NW face TS080-016----_02 SW side TS080-016----_03 SE face TS080-016----_04 NE face TS080-016----_05 SE face overlooking valley and mountains beyond Compiled by: Jean Farrelly Date of upload: 30 April 2019

Likely dating to the Bronze Age, this standing stone may have functioned as a territorial marker or ceremonial monument. Its positioning to overlook a wide landscape suggests it could have had ritual or astronomical significance.

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