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Standing stone in Palmerstown Demesne

Standing stone

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One chamber is a thin room where the floor tilts toward the north and the ceiling breaks into a narrow ridge. The other is a long white shelf above a black chamber, large enough for two people to sit beneath. Both are still standing, though one is split and one is hidden under a roof of concrete. The first belongs to the valley and the second to the city, but both are making the same shape: a small world with walls, a floor and a sky that can be entered.
On a short and very gentle E-facing slope near the E edge of a golf course and just W of an artificially created lake/water feature. Of limestone, a low (H 1.46m), narrow, lichen-covered stone, almost square at its base (dims. L 0.31m; Wth 0.29m), is fractured to half its width near the top while a chamfer on its S face (0.16m above ground level) reduces the width of the stone above (Wth 0.22m). The stone inclines slightly towards the N and the immediately surrounding ground has only patchy grass cover. Was apparently in situ before the golf course development, but is not recorded on the OS 6-inch maps. Similar to another possible standing stone (KD019-059----) c. 2km to the S. Compiled by: Gearóid Conroy Date of upload: 10 June 2011
Likely dating to the Bronze Age, this standing stone may have served a ceremonial or territorial function. No specific folklore or detailed meaning is recorded for this site.

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