What is recorded here
On level ground in the Clasha river valley with good views in all directions. The Comeragh Mountains are visible to the SW. Monument identified during ASI fieldwork. A sandstone standing stone with some quartz inclusions (0.62m x 0.44; H 1.45m) rectangular in plan and orientated E-W. There is a depression around the base of the stone due to cattle erosion.
Compiled by: Jean Farrelly
Date of upload: 26 August 2011
Likely dating to the Neolithic or Bronze Age, the standing stone may have functioned as a territorial marker, ceremonial focus, or astronomical alignment point. Its placement in an open valley suggests a connection to landscape use or ritual activity in the prehistoric period.
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- What survives
- Recorded monument
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