What is recorded here

Situated in a clearing of a coniferous forest, on a slight E-W ridge in a col overlooking a ring-barrow (WA006-022001-) c. 80m to the S. This is an Old Red Sandstone conglomerate (dims. 0.6m x 0.3m; H 0.7m) oriented NE-SW. The above description is derived from the published 'Archaeological Inventory of County Waterford' (Dublin: Stationery Office, 1999). In certain instances the entries have been revised and updated in the light of recent research. Date of upload/revision: 23 December 2008

Probably dating to the Neolithic or Bronze Age, this standing stone may have had ritual or funerary significance, given its proximity to a ring-barrow. Its orientation and positioning could reflect early ceremonial practices or landscape alignment.

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