What is recorded here

Standing stone in Rathbrist stands on the summit of an outcrop rise, forcing a person to climb before seeing the thin slate slab that pierces the sky. It still points northeast and southwest across the undulating countryside, measuring one and a half metres high but only forty centimetres wide. The stone may have marked a boundary, a meeting place or a warning, yet it keeps that purpose hidden behind its narrow shape.

The following description is derived from both the published 'Archaeological Inventory of County Louth' (Dublin: Stationery Office, 1986) and the 'Archaeological Survey of County Louth' (Dublin: Stationery Office, 1991). In certain instances the entries have been revised and updated in the light of recent research. Date of upload/revision: 17 July 2007 Situated on summit of outcrop rise in undulating countryside. Slate slab (max. dims. H 1.5m, 0.4m by 0.2m in section) with narrow sides orientated NE-SW (see also LH011-104----). (CLAJ 1962, 166)

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