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STANDING STONE: CREWROE in Legarhill

STANDING STONE: CREWROE

What is recorded here

Crewroe stands in Legarhill, County Armagh, a prehistoric marker whose age remains uncertain but whose purpose likely touched navigation, boundary or ritual. The stone still occupies the same earth, waiting for human feet to return and remember what it witnessed.
The official Northern Ireland record identifies this as STANDING STONE: CREWROE. 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 functioned as a boundary marker, ritual monument, or astronomical feature. No specific folklore or detailed use is recorded for Crewroe in Legarhill.

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