What is recorded here
Standing stone in Cartron (roscommon By., Tulsk Ed) is a standing stone in Cartron (roscommon By., Tulsk Ed), County Roscommon, Ireland. The polished limestone upright stands 1.25m high at the head of a slight valley, aligned north-south near a stream. Two fulacht fia sites lie within 40m to the southeast and northeast.
At the head of a slight NW-SE valley with a stream 14m to the NE. Polished limestone upright (dims 0.23-0.28m x 0.15m; H 1.25m) aligned N-S. Fulacht fia (RO028-227----) is c. 40m to the SE and fulacht fia (RO028-226----) is c. 30m to the NE.
Compiled by: Michael Moore
Date of upload: 24 August 2010
Probably dating to the Bronze Age (c. 2500–500 BC), this standing stone may have had ritual or territorial significance, possibly linked to the nearby fulachtaí fia for ceremonial or practical use. No specific folklore is recorded for the site.
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- What survives
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