What is recorded here

Boulty Patrick mountain leans east, casting its shadow across the Reelan river where a standing stone still marks the bank. The stone rises 1.74m, narrow as a doorframe and tilted slightly, as if listening to water rather than defying sky. Afforested land has closed around it, hiding the horizon and leaving only river light to move across its face. In that quiet place, the mountain does not command the valley; it accompanies it, shifting the boundary between land and water one degree at a time.

A standing stone 1.74m high × c. 0.5m wide and leaning slightly; NE-SW. Situated on afforested land on the N bank of the Reelan river and on the SE slope of Boulty Patrick mountain. The above description was derived from the 'Archaeological Survey of County Donegal. A description of the field antiquities of the County from the Mesolithic Period to the 17th century.' Compiled by: Brian Lacey with Eamon Cody, Claire Cotter, Judy Cuppage, Noel Dunne, Vincent Hurley, Celie O'Rahilly, Paul Walsh and Seán Ó Nualláin (Lifford: Donegal County Council, 1983). In certain instances the entries have been revised and updated. Date of upload: 22 September 2008

Likely dating to the Late Neolithic or Bronze Age, this standing stone may have served a ritual or territorial function. No specific folklore or inscriptions are recorded, though its positioning near a river and mountain suggests a possible ceremonial or landscape alignment purpose.

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