Standing stone in Dalystown

Close to the W edge of an E-W ridge of outcropping rock. This is a roughly square pillar (H 1.49m; Wth 0.38; T 0.34m). At its base are small and medium-sized packing-stones. (O'Donovan 2003, 22; Fredengren et al. 2010, 105, Pl. 3.14) Compiled by: Patrick F. O'Donovan Date of upload: 14 December 2012

Likely dating to the Late Neolithic or Early Bronze Age, this standing stone may have functioned as a territorial marker or part of a ritual landscape linked to the surrounding rock outcrop. No specific folklore is recorded, but such stones often held symbolic or ceremonial significance in prehistoric communities.