Standing stone in Tavanskeagh

Situated in dense forestry towards the top of a S-facing slope on Mullyash Mountain. The stone is broken into two pieces (piece 1: L c. 2.2m; Wth 2.2m; T at N end 0.6m; piece 2: L c. 0.65m; Wth 0.85m; T 0.6m), and is now recumbent with a flat face of the stone visible. The stone is tapered at both ends and modern graffiti are on the upper face. The stone had a role in the Lughnasa celebrations centred on the passage tomb (MO015-007----), which is on the summit of the ridge c. 850m to the NNW (MacNeill 1962, 161-3). A long stone in Mullyash Plantation 'that had the footprint of a giant marked on it’ was noted in folk tradition (IFC Schools MSS: (942) 158; (943) 274), for which see this web-page accessed on 11/06/2018: https://www.duchas.ie/en/cbes Such a mark is not visible on the upper surfaces now. The folk tradition also recorded that Fionn MacCumhaill threw it the length of a field (ibid. 943, 274). Compiled by: Claire Breen Revised by: Michael Moore Date of revised upload: 22 June 2017

Likely dating to the Neolithic or Bronze Age, this standing stone may have once formed part of a ritual or funerary landscape. Its fragmented state and mountain location suggest possible ceremonial use or alignment with landscape features, though specific folklore or meaning is not recorded.