What is recorded here
No failed architecture, no stolen breath, no hidden chamber. A tall stone stands in Tully North, unchanged since people first walked beside it. It does not need a name or a warning. Watch it, tend the grass around its base, and leave it standing.
The official Northern Ireland record identifies this as STANDING STONE. Recorded period: UNCERTAIN; PREHISTORIC. The official map point was placed at the centre of the recorded archaeological site from the source map reference.
Likely dating to the Neolithic or Bronze Age, this standing stone may have served a ceremonial, astronomical, or territorial function. Its specific meaning or use remains unrecorded, though such stones are often associated with ritual practices or early settlement patterns in the region.
The monument record does not grant public access. Check the route and ask the landowner before entering private land.
- What survives
- Recorded monument
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