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STANDING STONE: HONEYMUG STONE in Tamlaght

STANDING STONE: HONEYMUG STONE

What is recorded here

HoneyMug Stone still stands in Tamlaght, County Derry, a prehistoric marker preserved under schedule but unnamed in time. It may have guided herds, marked a boundary or watched a funeral road before written memory existed. The stone does not need a date to be strange; it only needs to remain visible while the world around it forgets.
The official Northern Ireland record identifies this as STANDING STONE: HONEYMUG STONE. Recorded period: UNCERTAIN; PREHISTORIC. Recorded protection: 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, the Honey Mug Stone is thought to have functioned as a ceremonial or territorial marker. Local folklore sometimes associates such stones with ancient rituals or as waypoints for seasonal migrations.

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