What is recorded here

Green Island holds a leaning granitic slab near its northwest edge, surrounded by willow, hawthorn and brambles. The stone rises just over a metre, tilts slightly south, and presents a smooth north face pockmarked with tiny natural holes. It is the kind of place where a person might have stood beside it at low water, reading the lake, the sky or their own life in the angle of the rock.

Located on Green Island in the NE of Lough Corrib. The stone is located toward the NW end of the island, in a small clearing which is surrounded by willow and hawthorn trees, and partly engulfed in brambles and ferns. Granitic stone slab (H 1.1m; L 1m; max T c. 0.3m), with the long axis aligned roughly E–W, set upright in the ground but leaning gently to S. The broad N face has a relatively smooth surface; the S face is slightly convex, with a rougher surface. The stone is thickest (0.3m) at its W end, is somewhat thinner in the middle (T 0.23m) and narrows sharply at its E end. The N face is pockmarked with tiny indentations or holes -these are natural features of the stone. Attached images: MA120B003----_01: viewed from N MA120B003----_02: viewed from W Compiled by: Jane O'Shaughnessy Date of upload: 3 June 2015

Likely dating to the Neolithic or Bronze Age, the standing stone may have functioned as a boundary marker, ritual focus, or astronomical alignment point. Local folklore sometimes associates such stones with ancient druids or protective charms against evil spirits.

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