What is recorded here

Standish stone in Dranagh, County Carlow: two large flat slabs aligned northwest-southeast on a steep south-west facing slope, with a smaller upright slab blocking one gap and forming a triangular chamber at the other. Animal bones appeared between the stones in 2010, suggesting the chamber may have held what people did not want to carry home.

On a steep SW facing slope, two large flat slabs (S stone: H 1.8m, L 1.8m, T 0.2m; N stone: H. 2m, Wth 2m, T 0.6m) aligned NW-SE. A smaller upright slab (H c. 1m) blocks the gap between the two slabs at one end and forms a triangular chamber at the other end. Animal bones were noted in the space between the stones in 2010. Recorded by Ó Murchú (2011, 96) as part of a Master's thesis (Survey number: SS03). Compiled by: Claire Breen Date of upload: 14 November 2013

Likely dating to the Bronze Age, the alignment of the slabs may have had ceremonial or astronomical significance. Such arrangements are sometimes associated with territorial markers or ritual sites in prehistoric landscapes.

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