What is recorded here
No visible stone remains in Boneyclassagh, only a hidden point on the county map where an unknown hand may have set rock against the sky. The absence does not erase the act; it redirects attention from a dead monument to the living tension between memory and forgetting.
The official Northern Ireland record identifies this as STANDING STONE (unlocated). Recorded period: UNCERTAIN; PREHISTORIC. The official map point was placed at the centre of the recorded archaeological site from the source map reference.
Likely dating to the Neolithic or Bronze Age, this standing stone may have served a ceremonial, astronomical, or territorial function. No specific folklore or detailed meaning is recorded for this site.
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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