What is recorded here

Standing stone in Ballynagaul is a leaning upright in a Limerick pasture, its rough edges rubbed smooth by generations of cattle. The animals treated the stone as a living boundary, polishing it and exposing the hidden packing stones at its base. Human hands may have set it, but animal bodies have since written their own history across its skin.

In pasture, on a slight ledge at the base of a SW-facing slope. An upright stone (H 1.5m; Wth 0.91m; T 0.6m), leaning slightly to the N, which is roughly rectangular in profile. Its long axis is aligned NE-SW. Parts of the stone have been worn smooth by cattle rubbing against it; they have also worn down the ground around the base of the stone exposing some packing stones. Compiled by: Denis Power Date of upload: 26 August 2011

Dated to the Late Neolithic or Early Bronze Age, this standing stone may have functioned as a territorial marker or ritual monument. No specific folklore is recorded, but its alignment and positioning suggest possible ceremonial or astronomical significance.

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