What is recorded here
Kilcullen is a triangular sandstone slab standing on an E-facing slope in a broadleaf plantation, not a distant myth but a visible local marker. The shallow depression around its base suggests repeated human movement, perhaps ritual, measurement, or simply the wear of generations walking past it. The stone still points NNE-SSW, holding its angle while the land around it changed.
On an E-facing slope in a broadleaf plantation. A triangular sandstone slab (H 0.98m; Wth 0.36m; D 0.22m) oriented NNE-SSW in the centre of a mound (KK028-100----). There is a shallow depression (diam. c. 3m) around the base of the stone.
Compiled by: Mary Tunney
Date of upload: 23 October 2013
Probably dating to the Bronze Age, this standing stone may have had ritual or territorial significance. Its placement within a mound suggests possible funerary or ceremonial use, though specific folklore or detailed meaning is not recorded.
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- What survives
- Recorded monument
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