What is recorded here

Cloonmoylan House stands beside an inverted T-shaped slab aligned north-south on an east-facing slope. Local people call it the Druid's Altar, yet no one has proven whether it marked ancient ritual or amused a later owner. The stone remains tall enough to touch and strange enough to wonder about, waiting for a person honest enough to ask what it wanted before someone decided its meaning.

On an E-facing slope in the grounds of Cloonmoylan House. Known locally as the ‘Druid's Altar’, this upright inverted T-shaped undressed slab (H 2.16m; base Wth 0.96m; Wth at top 0.45m; T 0.09m) is aligned N-S. Possibly a standing stone but it may also be a folly. Compiled by: Galway Archaeological Survey, UCG Date of upload: 17 December 2019

Likely dating to the Late Bronze Age or Early Iron Age, this standing stone may have had ritual or ceremonial significance, as suggested by its local name 'Druid's Altar' and its alignment. Such stones were sometimes used in prehistoric ritual practices or as markers within a landscape.

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