What is recorded here

Standing stone in Baile Dhúlocha is a one-metre conglomerate boulder set on a small mound above Lough Corrib, its flat faces pointing NW and SE as if marking a direction rather than decorating a field. The bog has been cut away around it, exposing packing stones and a poached ring at its base, while a ring-barrow waits two hundred and sixty metres to the NNW. Colm Mac Diarmada found it in December 2014, but the stone may have been standing there long before people thought to look for it on the SW hillslope of Binn Shléibhe.

This standing stone was discoverd by Mr. Colm Mac Diarmada (pers. comm. December 2014). It is in an upland area of rough grazing and cut-away bogland on a plateau on the SW hillslope of Binn Shléibhe/Ben Levy, overlooking Lough Corrib to the S. There are panoramic views from E through S to NW. The standing stone is a conglomerate boulder (H 1m; base Wth 0.58m; max. Wth 1.15m; T 0.64m) which is roughly lozenge shaped – the flat surfaces face towards NW and SE. It is sitting on a small mound that is the result of bog being cut away. An area (Wth 0.5m; D 0.2m) around the base of the stone has been poached away. Packing stones are evident. A ring-barrow (GA026-020----) lies c. 260m to the NNW. Compiled by: Olive Alcock Date of upload: 22 October 2015

Likely dating to the Late Neolithic or Bronze Age, this standing stone may have functioned as a territorial marker, ceremonial focus, or astronomical alignment point. No specific folklore or recorded use is associated with the site.

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