Standing stone (present location) in Tyfarnham

Situated on grassland. Ringfort (WM012-002----) 40m to E, chapel (WM012-003----) 190m to SE. Depicted on the 1837 OS Fair Plan map and annotated as ‘standing stone’. A tall roughly dressed limestone pillar (H 1.6m; Dims. 0.25m x 0.21m) stands at the end of a field fence running NE-SW, a short distance from where it is marked on the 1837 OS Fair Plan map. A small round depression in one face suggests that it was used as a gate post. Standing stone was possibly moved from location marked on 1837 map to present location in modern times. Cross-referenced with WM012-210----. Compiled by: Frank Coyne and Caimin O'Brien Date of upload: 30 August 2017

Probably dates to the early medieval period, given its proximity to a ringfort and chapel, and may have had a ceremonial or territorial function. Its annotation as a 'standing stone' on the 1837 map suggests local recognition of its antiquity, though specific folklore or symbolic meaning is not recorded.