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Standing stone in Garranturton

Standing stone

What is recorded here

Now lying beside a field bank. A displaced stone with a rectangular cross-section (dims. 0.7m x 0.5m; L 1.7m). This is one of four sanding stones that Power (1952, 176) suggested might have ogham writing at enclosure (WA024-073001-). Compiled by: Michael Moore. Date of upload/revision: 10th May, 2011.
Likely dating to the Early Christian period (4th–7th centuries AD), the stone may have originally functioned as a memorial or boundary marker, potentially inscribed with ogham script. Its displacement and association with an enclosure suggest possible ritual or territorial significance, though specific folklore or meaning remains unrecorded.

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