What is recorded here

Standing stone in Moneynaboola is a standing stone in Moneynaboola, County Tipperary, Ireland. It is a red sandstone conglomerate, rectangular in plan, measuring 0.95 metres in length, 0.47 metres in width and 1.26 metres in height, aligned north-northwest to south-southeast. It stands on a gentle southwest-facing slope in undulating upland terrain, set in a hollow caused by cattle poaching. No packing stones are visible around its base, which has a grassy hummock at the southeast end and a low hummock along the east side.

On a gentle SW-facing slope in undulating upland terrain. A field boundary which ran N-S immediately E of the standing stone has been cleared and the field reclaimed. A red sandstone conglomerate, rectangular in plan (dims. L 0.95m; Wth 0.47m; H 1.26m) and aligned NNW-SSE. It stands in a hollow caused by cattle poaching. There are no visible packing stones around base which has a grassy hummock at the SE end and a low hummock along the E side. The upper portion of the NE face has spawled creating a slight ledge across this face. Compiled by: Jean Farrelly Date of upload: 26 August 2011

Probably dating to the Late Neolithic or Bronze Age, this standing stone may have functioned as a territorial marker or ritual monument. No specific folklore is recorded, though such stones often feature in local traditions as ancient memorials or sites of spiritual significance.

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