Another place that I have tried to visit a few times, but due to it being at the rear of someone's house and them never having been at home when I've called I have not, until today, succeeded.
It was worth the wait. What a magnificent stone this is. Unfortunately, it lies recumbent after having fallen around 1900. The stone is one of the most phallic I have come across to date and at over 4m long it must have been amazing when standing up.
It offers a little mystery too, which is always nice. The stone is broken at both ends (so how tall was it?) and has some cup marks around the thicker end. However, there are also two crosses carved upon it and these would be upside down if the stone was stood up with the thicker end at the base. So, were the crosses added whilst it was fallen or did the stone stand the 'wrong way up'?
The stone is so amazing and its presence must have really meant something to the locals because it gave its name to the whole townland - Longstone. It is also next to Longstone Farm.
The land owner is quite proud of the stone and rightly so. His family have owned the land for some time and he told me a tale of his father digging a hole along the ridge upon which the stone stands and finding some granite burial chambers about 4 m down.
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_A Random Selection of Nearby Monuments
 Glasmullagh (Co. Tyrone) |  Ballymoney (Co. Derry) |  Lagnagoushee (Co. Waterford) |
 Timoney Stones (Co. Tipperary) |  Gurteen Lower (Co. Waterford) |  Piperstown (Co. Dublin) |
