What is recorded here

Donegal Bay floods the flat land around Wardhouse, yet the sandstone upright still breaks the surface two metres high. It leans north like a tired sentry beside the old rath, marking a boundary or remembering a name lost before written history. The sea takes fields and gives them back, but the stone refuses to disappear.

In a low-lying position close to the seashore of Donegal Bay and c. 20m W of a rath (LE001-027----). This is a plain sandstone upright (dims 0.77m x 0.3m; H 2.05m) oriented E-W with a damaged top and it leans slightly to the N. (Holly 1976, 136, No. 1) See the attached view taken from the SW. The above description is derived from 'The Archaeological Inventory of County Leitrim' compiled by Michael J. Moore (Dublin: Stationery Office, 2003). In certain instances the entries have been revised and updated in the light of recent research. Date of upload: 23 September 2008

Probably dating to the Bronze Age, this standing stone may have had ritual or territorial significance, possibly linked to the nearby rath. Its orientation and coastal location suggest it could have been part of a landscape marked by ceremonial activity or navigation aids for early seafarers.

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