What is recorded here

Standing stone in Ballingaddy West is a 1.1m upright on a ridge shelf above the Dealagh river, its square edges polished by generations of farm stock. It faces Liscannor Bay, blotched in white lichen, with a second stone waiting 265m to the southwest. The ridge gives it room to be seen from a distance, and the distance gives it room to be remembered.

On a flat shelf on the W side of a broad ridge with ground rising gently to E and NE. The ground falls away 250m to the Dealagh river to the W and there are beautiful open views to SW and W towards Liscannor Bay. An upright stone (H 1.1m) with an almost square cross-section (0.25m N-S; 0.2m E-W at base; 0.13m N-S; 0.13m E-W at top). The top slopes up very slightly from S to N. The E face undulates markedly as it rises and there are slight undulations on the lower W and lower N sides. The angles are quite polished by farm stock. The stone is heavily blotched with white lichen which covers the base on the S and W faces. The S side also has some yellow lichen. Another standing stone lies c. 265m to the SW. Compiled by: Mary Tunney Date of upload: 4 November 2025

Probably dates to the Late Neolithic or Bronze Age, given the landscape setting typical of ritual or territorial markers in western Ireland. Its alignment and prominent position may have had ceremonial or symbolic significance, possibly linked to views of the bay or water sources.

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