What is recorded here

Standing stone in Brideswell is a standing stone in Brideswell, County Roscommon, Ireland. The earthfast stone has an oval cross-section, measures 1m by 0.6m and rises 0.8m high. It stands roughly aligned NW-SE on the crest of a hillock overlooking a broad basin S-NE, positioned 7m S of ring-barrow RO048-109001-.

On the crest of a hillock overlooking a broad basin S-NE. There is an earthfast stone with an oval cross-section (dims. 1m x 0.6m; H 0.8m) roughly aligned NW-SE 7m S of ring-barrow (RO048-109001-). Compiled by: Michael Moore Date of upload: 24 August 2010

Likely dating to the Bronze Age, this standing stone may have been part of a funerary or ritual landscape associated with the nearby ring-barrow. Its alignment and positioning suggest a possible ceremonial or territorial function, though specific folklore or use remains unrecorded.

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