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Standing stone in Cloghchurnel

Standing stone

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Cloghchurnel holds a tapered stone on the highest point of a drumlin hill, facing north and south while a circle waits one hundred twenty metres southeast. The stone is not a distant monument but a visible marker, tall enough to touch and strange enough to remember. People may have climbed the hill to watch weather, claim boundary, or direct ceremony toward the circle below.
On the highest point of a prominent drumlin hill affording excellent views in all directions. This irregularly shaped block tapers to a point (H 1.51m; Wth 1.2m; T 0.43m) and is aligned N-S. A stone circle (LF011-007----) lies c. 120m to the SE. Compiled by: Patrick F. O'Donovan Date of upload: 1 March 2012
Probably dating to the Late Neolithic or Bronze Age, this standing stone may have had ceremonial or territorial significance, possibly linked to the nearby stone circle. Its alignment and elevated position suggest it was used for ritual purposes or as a marker within a wider landscape of prehistoric activity.

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