What is recorded here

Standing stone in Magheramore: a rectangular block of pinkish granite on Ballinreavy strand. Exposed at the dune edge in January 2012, it stood 1.75m high with a hidden seaward crack. By May 2013 the tide of time had done what it always does there: the stone fell and split, joining the loose schist stones at its base.

On Ballinreavy strand, a rectangular standing stone of pinkish granite. This first came to notice in January 2012 when it became exposed at the edge of the dunes. The stone measures 1.75m high above ground level, 0.55m wide at the base of N broad side and 0.28m on the S narrow side: it tapers to c. 0.5m X 0.2m towards the top. A horizontal crack on the seaward S side is not reflected on the other broad N side facing into dunes. There are a series of stones around the base some of which are very loose: these are of local schist. The stone was inspected again in May 2013; it had fallen over and split in two along the crack noted in the above report (pers. comm. P. Harvey). Compiled by: Paul Walsh Date of upload: 16 May 2013

Likely dating to the Bronze Age, this standing stone may have functioned as a territorial marker, ceremonial monument, or astronomical alignment. No specific folklore is recorded for the site.

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