What is recorded here
On a rise in pastureland. This standing stone consists of a rough rectangular limestone slab (H 1.5m; Wth 0.31m; T 0.16m). Packing stones are visible around its base. A rath (GA114-109----) lies c. 170m to the SSW. (McCaffrey 1952, 280, no. 1)
Compiled by: Galway Archaeological Survey, UCG
Date of upload: 3 January 2018
Dated to the Bronze Age (c. 2500–500 BCE), this standing stone may have had ritual or territorial significance, possibly linked to the nearby rath. Such stones were sometimes used as markers, memorials, or in ceremonial contexts.
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- What survives
- Recorded monument
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