What is recorded here

Standing stone in Rathneaveen (ryan) is a standing stone in Rathneaveen (ryan), County Tipperary, Ireland. The upright limestone marker stands 1.2 metres tall on a high natural ridge, with a rounded top and a gentle tilt toward the east-northeast. Two smaller packing stones lie to the north and south, while animal rubbing has worn the surface and poached the ground around the base. Local information says the stone has always been there in living memory.

In improved pasture, on a high, natural ridge (long axis c. N-S). Monument identified during ASI fieldwork. An upright limestone standing stone (H 1.2m) is square in plan (Wth 0.3m; T 0.25m) with rounded top. It tilts gently to the ENE. Packing stone to N (L 0.3m; Wth 0.15m; T 0.13m) and S (L 0.45m; Wth 0.35m; T 0.17m). Evidence of rubbing by animals and the ground around the base is denuded and poached. According to local information, this stone has always been here in living memory. Compiled by: Jean Farrelly Date of upload: 24 October 2013

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