What is recorded here

Wardhouse holds a tall sandstone slab beside Donegal Bay, leaning slightly east inside a stone wall. A second broad stone rests on the wall nearby, perhaps cast out when the first was buried or moved. The sea may have taken the larger circle of people who marked that place, leaving only two stones to argue about distance, direction and time.

Towards the top of a rise close to the seashore of Donegal Bay. An upright sandstone slab (LE001-016002-) aligned NNW-SSE is incorporated in a stone wall and leans slightly to the E. A field stone (dims 1.1m x 0.9m; T 0.3m), possibly a displaced standing stone, is on the wall 1.7m to the N. 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

Dated to the Neolithic or Bronze Age, this standing stone may have had ritual or territorial significance, possibly linked to coastal navigation or seasonal movement patterns. Local folklore sometimes associates such stones with ancient watchposts or markers for seafaring communities.

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