What is recorded here

Standing stone in Fána Bhuí is a rectangular slab on a low knoll above Lough Trusk, tapering to a thin edge and marked by lichen. It stands where rough boggy terrain meets open water, simple enough to overlook yet distinct enough to remember. People may have placed it as a landmark, a warning or a gift to the lake, but the stone no longer explains itself.

On a low knoll at the N end of Lough Trusk, in a valley of rough, heather-covered boggy terrain. Truskmore, a steep-sided rocky ridge, borders the E side of the lake, and a lower, heather-covered ridge defines the W side of the valley. The standing stone is located on the level top of the low knoll; the S side of the knoll slopes gently down for c. 45m to the N shore of the lake. A stream flows N from the NE shore of the lake, c. 50m to E of the stone. An upright, rectangular-shaped stone slab (H 0.9m; Wth 0.33m; max T 0.33m at WNW end), long axis ESE−WSW, set firmly in the ground. The stone tapers on its long axis from the broader WNW end (T 33cm) to a thin pointed edge (T 2-5cm) at ESE. The top rises gently towards the ESE. The surface of the stone is blotched with lichen. Attached images: DG033-005----_01.JPG Viewed from N DG033-005----_02.JPG Viewed from S Compiled by: Jane O’Shaughnessy Date of upload: 21 February 2022

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