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STANDING STONE: GREY STONE in Drumcroon

STANDING STONE: GREY STONE

What is recorded here

Grey Stone still stands in Drumcroon, County Derry, though no human hand is recorded raising it. It may have marked a boundary, a burial or a prayer, yet uncertainty preserves more than certainty because wonder still goes up to it.
The official Northern Ireland record identifies this as STANDING STONE: GREY STONE. 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 served a ceremonial, astronomical, or territorial function. No specific folklore or detailed use is recorded for this site.

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