What is recorded here

Standing stone in Magheraboy (magheraboy Ed) is a 1.06m high, 0.8m wide, 0.44m thick stone set NNE-SSW on a gentle SE ridge slope in County Donegal. It is the kind of place where people may have marked boundary, memory or warning long before written records. Its simplicity leaves room for imagination, but the measurable facts are that it is a standing stone on good land, not a hidden chamber or invented shrine.

A standing stone 1.06m high × 0.8m wide at base × 0.44m thick at base; NNE-SSW. Situated on the gentle SE slope of a ridge of good land. 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 Bronze Age (c. 2500–500 BCE), this standing stone may have served a ritual or territorial function. No specific folklore or detailed meaning is recorded for this site.

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