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STANDING STONE: GIANTS FIELD in Florence Court Demesne

STANDING STONE: GIANTS FIELD

What is recorded here

Giants Field holds one standing stone inside Florence Court Demesne, County Fermanagh. The name suggests size, and the field still gives it room to be large. Whether the stone marked a border, a burial place or a warning to careless travellers, it has outlived every hand that pointed at it.
The official Northern Ireland record identifies this as STANDING STONE: GIANTS FIELD. Recorded period: PREHISTORIC; UNCERTAIN. 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 or territorial function. Local tradition sometimes associates such stones with giants or legendary figures, though specific folklore for this site is not well documented.

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

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