What is recorded here
Standing stone in Corrasluastia is a standing stone in Corrasluastia, County Roscommon, Ireland. The stone once stood upright and measured about 1.35m high, but now lies prone at the east end of a low knoll. Its southwest end narrows to a tenon half embedded in a grass-covered cairn, while a wedge tomb lies 150m to the west-southwest.
At the E end of a low knoll. A stone, which was once upright (H c. 1.35m) (OS Name Books) and roughly aligned E-W (NMI file), but is now prone (L 2.1m; dims. 1.4m x 0.3m). It narrows to a tenon (dims 0.1m x 0.3m) at the SW end which is half embedded in a grass-covered cairn (RO025-019002-) (dims 3m E-W; 2.2m N-S; H 0.8m). Wedge tomb (RO025-020----) is c. 150m to the WSW.
Compiled by: Michael Moore
Date of upload: 24 August 2010
Likely dating to the Neolithic or Bronze Age, this standing stone may have served a ritual or territorial function. Its alignment and tenon suggest it could have been part of a larger megalithic structure or monument, though its current context offers limited clues to its original purpose.
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- What survives
- Recorded monument
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