What is recorded here

A tall stone still stands in Skerry West, County Antrim, though no human hand is recorded setting it. It may have watched herds move through grass, marked a boundary nobody remembers, or simply fallen from a cliff and refused to lie down. The uncertainty does not weaken the stone; it completes the story. People walked past it, lived beside it and forgot it, while it remained the clearest witness in the county.

The official Northern Ireland record identifies this as STANDING STONE. Recorded period: UNCERTAIN; PREHISTORIC. The official map point was placed at the centre of the recorded archaeological site from the source map reference.

Likely dating to the Neolithic or Bronze Age, this standing stone may have served a ceremonial, astronomical, or territorial function. No specific folklore or detailed use is recorded for this site.

The monument record does not grant public access. Check the route and ask the landowner before entering private land.