What a way to start the day! My friend Graham had sent me a photo of this monterously large stone a couple of weeks ago and I simply had to see it for myself.
The stone stands in a farmyard between two out-buildings. The inventory classes this as a possible standing stone, because when they visited it was recumbent. They also have the length of the fallen stone down as 4.3m. Well, the stone is now standing again, thanks to the farmer, and the two pieces have been joined back together. The stone is now just under 6m tall.
When you stand next to the stone it seems much bigger than Ireland's tallest standing stone at Punchestown (County Kildare), but that is 6.2m tall. I think it's the sheer bulk of this stone that gives it such a commanding presence and the fact that it is next to two buildings, which gives it a sense of scale. It is said that when the stone was re-erected and put into its new concrete base that it was set 30cm lower than it previously stood. If this is the case then it would have equalled Punchestown in height.
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_A Random Selection of Nearby Monuments
 Tyredagh Lower (Co. Clare) |  Kilbeg (Co. Cork) |  Killary (Co. Meath) |
 Dalystown (Co. Longford) |  Knockmullin 3 (Co. Leitrim) |  Banoge (Co. Wexford) |
