What is recorded here
Located on a broad plateau. Described by Fewer (1989) as a rectangular stone (dims. 0.45m x 0.75m; H 0.85m) oriented NNW-SSE which may have been incorporated into a field bank. It is not now visible at ground level. A standing stone (WA027-075----) is c. 200m to the S.
Fewer, T. G. (1989) A standing stone at Corballymore, County Waterford. Decies, No. 41, 42-5.
The above description is derived from the published 'Archaeological Inventory of County Waterford' (Dublin: Stationery Office, 1999). In certain instances the entries have been revised and updated in the light of recent research.
Compiled by: Michael Moore
Date of upload/revision: 10 June 2011
Likely dating to the Late Neolithic or Bronze Age, the stone's orientation and possible integration into a field system suggest it may have had a ritual or territorial function. No specific folklore or symbolic carvings are recorded.
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- What survives
- Recorded monument
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