Standing stone in Kilbrack

On the SE-facing slope of a low ridge, in hummocky terrain under pasture. The Clodiagh River flows to the S and E. The SW side faces towards The Gap in the Comeragh Mountains. Another standing stone (WA006-069----) is visible 100m to the ENE. A sandstone conglomerate (H 1.05m) with its long axis running NW-SE, rising to a peak at the SE. The stone is subrectangular in plan, being concave on the SW face (L 0.7m) and convex on the NE face (L 0.6m). It is a maximum of 0.3m thick, tapering to 0.2m on the NW face and 0.18m on the SE face. There is no visible evidence of packing stones around the base. Compiled by: Jean Farrelly Date of upload: 30 April 2013

Probably dating to the Late Neolithic or Bronze Age, this standing stone may have had ritual or territorial significance, possibly aligned with landscape features or celestial events. Local folklore sometimes associates such stones with ancient heroes or supernatural beings.