What is recorded here

Holed stone in Lissard More was a rough stone with a small hole and shallow hollow, kept with a buried megalithic structure and standing stone in County Mayo. All three were taken from their places and hidden during land reclamation. What remains is the shape of the stone in memory: a small piercing, a smooth dip, and the knowledge that the field swallowed what it once showed.

OPW topographical files (1947) record a rough stone with a perforation (10cm by 5cm; D 7.5cm) close to one edge. Close to the opposite edge was a shallow hollow (diam. 10cm). There was a megalithic structure (MA040-063002-) 6.7m to S and a standing stone (MA040-063003-) 2.4m S of the latter. All three features were removed from their original locations and buried during land reclamation work. Compiled by: Jane O’Shaughnessy Date of upload: 8 June 2020

Likely dating to the Neolithic or Bronze Age, the holed stone may have had a ritual or functional use, such as a ritual object, boundary marker, or part of a ceremonial landscape. The perforation and hollow suggest possible use in string suspension, alignment with celestial events, or as a component in a megalithic monument.

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