What is recorded here
Standedge stone stood beside a megalithic tomb in County Louth, marking a place where memory and direction may have met. It is gone now, removed or lost before modern records closed, leaving only the suggestion that people once walked past it and knew what it meant.
The following description is derived from both the published 'Archaeological Inventory of County Louth' (Dublin: Stationery Office, 1986) and the 'Archaeological Survey of County Louth' (Dublin: Stationery Office, 1991). In certain instances the entries have been revised and updated in the light of recent research.
Date of upload/revision: 17 July 2007
Standing stone formerly located a short distance SE of megalithic tomb (LH004-041----). (OS 6-inch map, 1938-9 ed.)
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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