What is recorded here
In pasture, on a N-facing slope. An upright sandstone stone (dims. 1.53m x 0.86m; H c. 1.95m), orientated N-S, roughly rectangular in plan and tilted slightly to the NW. There is a rath (KE048-085----) c. 90m to the NNW. (Castleisland District Archaeological Survey)
Compiled by: Elizabeth Byrne, Ursula Egan and Sheila Ronan, Archaeological Survey Unit, University College, Cork.
Date of upload: 31 January 2011
Probably dates to the Late Neolithic or Early Bronze Age, given its association with a nearby rath and typical orientation. It may have had a ritual or territorial function, or marked a significant landscape feature.
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- What survives
- Recorded monument
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