Lough Gur Pillar Stone

Lough Gur Pillar Stone

Location: Grange, Lough Gur, Co. Limerick

Classification: Standing Stone

SMR Code: LI032-010002-

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This huge and very impressive stone stands 3.5m tall behind a farm building 350m NNE of Grange Lios stone circle. It is 1.5m broad and at least 1m deep and leans to the east. The west face appears to have been worked flat, almost concave while the rear is very rounded. It stands to the east of an ancient sunken track way that runs north-south past it and the foundations of several hut sites and old field boundaries.

Description

This huge and very impressive stone stands 3.5m tall behind a farm building 350m NNE of Grange Lios stone circle. It is 1.5m broad and at least 1m deep and leans to the east. The west face appears to have been worked flat, almost concave while the rear is very rounded. It stands to the east of an ancient sunken track way that runs north-south past it and the foundations of several hut sites and old field boundaries.

History

Single standing stones, also known as menhirs, are found in every part of Ireland. They functioned as prehistoric burial markers, commemorative monuments, indicators of routeways or boundaries and date from the Bronze and Iron Ages (c. 2400 BC - 500 AD) Over a thousand of these monuments still survive in Ireland today, however, 2000 years ago there may have been at least ten times as many.

This monument is part of a Complex

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Lough Gur Megalithic Complex

Location: Lough Gur, Co. Limerick

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This monument is part of a Complex

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Lough Gur Megalithic Complex

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Accessibility Rating: Easy - Moderate

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Accessibility Class: Easy - Moderate

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Sunrise: 07:59

Sunset: 18:41

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Sunset: 18:41

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