What is recorded here

Mullaghfadda holds a tapering sandstone upright beside Lough Allen, mapped as a standing stone since 1835. It rises one metre and eleven centimetres from a low ridge, angular at the base and narrower above, yet it points nowhere in particular. That absence of direction may be its truth: a marker for memory rather than ceremony, waiting beside the water while the world rearranges itself around it.

Located on a low N-S ridge about 100m from the W shore of Lough Allen. It is depicted on the 1835 and 1907 editions of the OS 6-inch map and described in gothic lettering on both as a 'Standing Stone'. This is a sandstone upright with a subrectangular cross-section at the base (dims 0.67m x 0.6m; H 1.1m) which tapers towards the top (dims 0.4m E-W; 0.3m N-S) but the stone has no discernible orientation. The above description is derived from 'The Archaeological Inventory of County Leitrim' compiled by Michael J. Moore (Dublin: Stationery Office, 2003). In certain instances the entries have been revised and updated in the light of recent research. Date of upload: 23 September 2008

Likely dating to the Bronze Age, the standing stone may have served as a territorial marker, ceremonial monument, or astronomical alignment point. Local folklore sometimes associates such stones with ancient druids or as sites of supernatural activity.

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