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Standing stone in Highpark

Standing stone

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Stand before the Highpark stone and tilt your head until its diagonal axis matches your own bones. Its faces curve like a mouth opening and closing, perhaps shaping breath for people who listened more than they spoke. The slope is gentle, the grass unbroken, and the stone remains the only sharp thought in a soft place.
Situated on a gentle N-facing slope in rolling pasture. Upright conglomerate slab (H 0.8-0.9m; Wth 1.1m; Th. 0.4m), long axis oriented NW-SE. The slab is convex on ENE face, concave on WSW face. Compiled by: Denis Power Date of upload: 28 June 2013
Likely dating to the Neolithic or Bronze Age, this standing stone may have functioned as a territorial marker, ceremonial focus, or astronomical alignment point. No specific folklore or detailed use is recorded for the site.

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