What is recorded here
The official Northern Ireland record identifies this as STANDING STONE (fallen). Recorded period: UNCERTAIN; PREHISTORIC. Recorded protection: State Care and Scheduled. 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 fallen standing stone may have once been part of a ritual or ceremonial landscape. Its original purpose remains unclear, but such stones were often used for ceremonial, astronomical, or territorial markers in prehistoric societies.
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- What survives
- Recorded monument
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