What is recorded here
Standing stone (present location) in Broughillstown, County Carlow, Ireland: A 1.4m granite pillar with five grooves lies against a field bank, though it once stood aligned east to west. Local information recorded by Price (1938/39, Notebook 17) claims skulls appeared when ditches were dug nearby, hinting the stone marked a place where people were buried or remembered. It may have guided the dead, warned the living, or simply watched the field for centuries before falling.
Granite stone with sub-rectangular cross-section (H 1.4m; girth 2.3m; 5 grooves). Now lying against field bank. According to local information recorded by Price (1938/39, Notebook 17), skulls found during digging of ditches in vicinity. The stone was aligned E-W in its original location (CW004-001001-).
Compiled by: Claire Breen
Date of upload: 19 August 2011
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