What is recorded here

No visible stones remain on the NE-facing slope in County Monaghan, yet the OS Fair Plan still draws a semi-circle of white marks with three others tucked into the middle of the curve. That simple line preserves what ploughs and pasture erased: a place where people set oblong stones upright beside the Cashel, then walked away and let grass take the shape back. The drawing becomes a ghost map, inviting imagination to complete what the land forgot.

Situated on a NE-facing slope. The OS Name Book (1835, Clontibret Parish, No. 143, p. 16) describes this monument as 'oblong stones set upright similar to the Cashel described in page 15' (the court-tomb: MO019-037----). 'The White Stones' are depicted on the OS Fair Plan as a semi-circle of stones with three others tangentially placed at the middle of the curve. There is now no visible evidence of archaeological features in pasture. The above description is derived from the published 'Archaeological Inventory of County Monaghan' (Dublin: Stationery Office, 1986). In certain instances the entries have been revised and updated in the light of recent research. Revised by: Michael Moore Date of revision: 22 June 2018

Portal dolmen; likely Neolithic in date. Its description suggests a ceremonial or funerary function, reflecting early megalithic traditions in the region.

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