What is recorded here

Kilkieran holds a rectangular limestone monolith, 1.7m high, standing on marshy ground beside an old roadway. Cattle have poached the earth around its base, yet packing stones still cluster beneath it. The stone may mark a boundary, a burial, or a warning to travellers lost in fog. Its edges taper slightly upward, as if stretching toward something it remembers.

On low-lying undulating marshy ground on the route of a roadway indicated on the 1840 OS 6-inch map. Listed as 'Standing stone , possible' in the SMR (1992) and the RMP (1996). Visited by Frank Coyne (Aegis Archaeology) on 3 November 2017 in connection with an Archaeological Impact Assessment and described as 'A rectangular limestone monolith (H 1.7m; Wth at base 0.6m; L at base 0.5m) tapering slightly towards the top (Wth at top 0.5m; L at top 0.5m). A number of packing stones are visible. The area around the base has been poached by cattle.' Compiled by: Mary Tunney with information supplied by Frank Coyne, Aegis Archaeology. Date of upload: 7 November 2017

Likely dating to the Neolithic or Bronze Age, the standing stone may have served as a boundary marker, ritual monument, or waystone along an ancient route. No specific folklore or detailed function is recorded for this site.

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