What is recorded here
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The official Northern Ireland record identifies this as STANDING STONE - NATURAL BOULDER: SAMSON'S STONE. Recorded period: UNCERTAIN. The official map point was placed at the centre of the recorded archaeological site from the source map reference.
Likely dating to the Bronze Age, Samson's Stone is traditionally associated with Saint Samson of Dol, a 6th-century Irish monk, and may have originally been a prehistoric ritual or territorial marker later incorporated into Christian folklore.
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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