Standing stone

Located in a clearing in a coniferous forest on a broad plateau on the E side of Kilcalf Mountain. Marked as a possible megalithic structure on a 1716 Bateman map (NLI, MSS 6148-9). Two stones (L 2.85m and 3.3m) are now lying prone, side by side. It may be the structure described as a 'cistvaen' known as Leaca-na-tSusa (Power 1909, 80). Power, Rev. P. (1909b) Another ogham discovery in Co. Waterford. WAJ, vol. 12, 76-80. The above description is derived from the published 'Archaeological Inventory of County Waterford' (Dublin: Stationery Office, 1999). In certain instances the entries have been revised and updated in the light of recent research. Revised by: Michael Moore. Date of upload: 25 November 2011.

Probably dating to the Neolithic or Bronze Age, the pair of standing stones at Kilcalfmountain may have functioned as a ritual or ceremonial alignment, possibly linked to astronomical observations or territorial markers. Local folklore sometimes associates such stone pairs with ancient pathways or fairy traditions.