What is recorded here

Standing stone in Corbehagh is a tapering sandstone pillar in rocky bogland beside a gravel quarry in County Clare, listed as a megalithic structure but never explained as a temple, tomb or boundary marker. It leans slightly against the sky next to a larger fallen boulder, the two forming a strange gateway in the mountain ridge. People may have set it there to mark a place, remember an event or simply answer the shape of the land. The quarry edge now comes within arm’s reach, turning an old mystery into a warning about how little remains when human life stops paying attention.

In rocky bogland on the E edge of a gravel quarry on the W edge of a ridge in mountain terrain with extensive views from W to N. Listed in the RMP (1996) as ‘Megalithic structure’. A sandstone conglomerate orientated SW-NE (H 1.45m rising to 1.8m at SW; Wth 0.85m; T 0.6-0.75m at base, tapering toward the top (0.15m)) situated dangerously close (0.4m) to a quarry edge and in close proximity and at right angles to a glacial erratic (2m to S). The two stones form a striking view against the skyline from the NW. Several other glacial erratics occur in the area. The adjacent erratic (L 2.8m; Wth 1.8m; H 1.8m) is also a sandstone conglomerate and is one of the largest boulders on the ridge. Although natural it is clearly associated with the standing stone. Compiled by: Mary Tunney Date of upload: 14 October 2014

Probably dating to the Neolithic or Bronze Age, this standing stone may have functioned as a territorial marker, ceremonial focus, or astronomical alignment point, given its elevated and visible position. No specific folklore or detailed use is recorded for the site.

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