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Standing stone in Duntryleague

Standing stone

What is recorded here

Billy and James O'Brien walked that flat Limerick pasture before Caimin O'Brien recorded the stone, giving life to the measured facts. The rectangular block rises one metre thirty-five with packing-stones still visible at its base, while another standing stone waits ninety metres southeast and an earthwork crouches thirty-five metres northwest. The field holds three markers instead of one, suggesting a forgotten boundary or gathering place where people still move through flat green space.
In flat pasture with earthwork (LI049-063007-) 35m to NW. Standing stone (LI049-291---) 90m to SE. Stone (H 1.35m; 0.45m x 0.3m) with tapering stop is rectangular in plan, long axis N-S. Packing-stones visible around base of stone. Compiled by: Caimin O’Brien based on details provided by Billy O'Brien and James O'Brien Date of upload: 5 April 2022
Probably dates to the late prehistoric or early historic period, given its form and association with earthworks. Its alignment and placement may have had ritual or territorial significance, though specific folklore or use is not recorded.

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