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Standing stone in Leny

Standing stone

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Situated on the summit of a flat hill in grassland. Bowl barrow (WM011-021----) 170m to NE. Ring barrow (WM011-026---) and standing stone (WM011-026001--) 120m to SE. Standing stone (WM011-027---) 200m to SSE. Present remains consist of a limestone slab (H2.65; Wth 0.35m; T 0.15m) lying in the field which may be a collapsed standing stone. Compiled by: Frank Coyne and Caimin O'Brien Date of upload: 14 June 2017
Probably dates to the Neolithic or Bronze Age, given its association with barrows. Likely had a ritual or territorial function, possibly linked to burial practices or landscape marking.

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