What is recorded here

Standing stone in Rathangan (rathangan Ed) is a thin granite pillar rising 1.4m above a low grass mound at the east end of a narrow pasture ridge. Its north and south faces are worked smooth while the east and west remain rough, suggesting deliberate shaping rather than natural chance. Livestock have since rubbed the southwest and southeast angles and worn a shallow circular depression around its base, blending human patience and animal habit into one quiet marker above the Slate River flood-plain.

At the E end of a low, narrow pasture ridge overlooking the narrow flood-plain of the Slate River which flows SW c. 100m to the N, and overlooked by the embankment of the Grand Canal (Athy Branch) c. 30m to the S. A thin granite stone with a square base (dims. L 0.25m; Wth 0.25m) tapers gently to a semi-rounded top (H 1.4m). The N and S faces are worked smooth while the E and W faces are rough. Smoothing on the SW and SE angles is caused by scratching livestock, which have worn a shallow circular depression in the ground surface around the bass of the stone (diam. 2.5m; D 0.4m). The stone has been erected on a low, oval, grass-covered mound (diams. 20m E-W; 12m N-S; H 0.2-0.7m). Compiled by: Gearóid Conroy Date of upload: 10 June 2011

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