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At a glance
- TypeStanding stone
- Recorded sizedims of base 1m x 0.4m; H 2.9m
- StatusNational Monument
Picked out from the Archaeological Survey description below.
Can you visit?
- No source says it is open to the public.Most monuments in Ireland stand on private farmland.
- Ask the landowner before crossing fields, close gates, leave the stones as you find them.Visiting responsibly
History and description
Situated on a slight rise in a gently undulating countryside. The stone (dims of base 1m x 0.4m; H 2.9m) is orientated E-W and leaning slightly to the S. The monument is known as 'Cloch an Fhir Mhóir' – the stone of the big man - and is traditionally associated with the death of Cúchulainn (Gogan 1953).
Full archaeological record 129 words
Situated on a slight rise in a gently undulating countryside. The stone (dims of base 1m x 0.4m; H 2.9m) is orientated E-W and leaning slightly to the S. The monument is known as 'Cloch an Fhir Mhóir' – the stone of the big man - and is traditionally associated with the death of Cúchulainn (Gogan 1953). Gosling (2018) points out that there was a possible stone circle (LH011-020001-) c. 40m to the SE and that the stone is c. 70m W of a meandering roadway which is probably older than the mid-eighteenth century that can be traced through maps at least 600m to the N and at least 1.2km to the SW.
This is a National Monument in state guardianship: No. 474
See the attaché view from N
Archaeological Survey of Ireland, National Monuments Service (CC BY 4.0) · Updated 17 July 2007 · Based on the both the published 'Archaeological Inventory of County Louth. It describes the site as it was when surveyed.
Folklore and traditions
The stone (dims of base 1m x 0.4m; H 2.9m) is orientated E-W and leaning slightly to the S. The monument is known as 'Cloch an Fhir Mhóir' – the stone of the big man - and is traditionally associated with the death of Cúchulainn (Gogan 1953).
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