What is recorded here

Cloonee stands beside a coniferous forest in County Mayo, its rectangular limestone body rising 1.8m from level ground. Ivy smotheres the rough surface while a small tree presses its trunk against the north face, binding human time to stone time. The gentle eastward tilt and boulder-strewn slope suggest the landscape itself is still adjusting, keeping the marker upright through patience rather than force.

Located on level ground on the N margins of an expanse of coniferous forestry. Ground rises to S; this wooded slope is strewn with boulders and broken by rock outcropping. A large field of flat pasture/silage stretches to N. A roughly rectangular block of limestone (H 1.8m; 0.7m NNE−SSW; 0.35-0.4m ESE-WNW), with a rectangular cross-section, set firmly upright in the ground. At a height of 1.2m above ground level, there is a sloping ‘shoulder’ above which the stone narrows to a width of c. 0.45m on the NNE−SSW axis. The stone has a naturally rough surface, which is noticeably more corrugated on the S and E sides. It tilts now gently to E. Ivy thickly overspreads all sides of the stone, especially dense on the top and slightly sparser towards the base. A small tree stands immediately to N, its trunk growing flush against the N face of the stone. Attached images: MA110-091----_01.JPG Viewed from W MA110-091----_02.JPG Viewed from NW MA110-091----_03.JPG Viewed from E Compiled by: Jane O’Shaughnessy Date of upload: 17 June 2022

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