What is recorded here
Breen holds a standing stone marked prehistoric, though no human hand is recorded setting it. The stone may have watched roads change, fields shift and names forget themselves while it remained visible. Its uncertainty is not a flaw but a shape of time, keeping the place alive under foot and memory.
The official Northern Ireland record identifies this as STANDING STONE. Recorded period: UNCERTAIN; PREHISTORIC. Recorded protection: Scheduled. The official map point was placed at the centre of the recorded archaeological site from the source map reference.
The monument record does not grant public access. Check the route and ask the landowner before entering private land.
- What survives
- Recorded monument
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