Thanks to Chris Corlett of Duchas for informing me of this stone. Apparently, he's only known of it for a short while and he was concerned that it is in danger from a impending housing development.
The stone is 1m or so tall and about 25cm x 25cm in plan, but of an irregular profile. It is in sone doubt as to whether it is a genuine standing stone, but after seeing it I am certain that it is. It shows definite signs of being roughly worked and has the characteristic scalloping so common across the north of the Wicklow mountains.
Just 20m to the north west of the stone is a large lump of granite bed rock that protrudes from the field. This has been quarried at some point and is covered in bright orange and green graffitti. What interested me was that it is chock full of quartz on it's eastern face, and thsi was a definite clincher for the stone being a genuine standing stone and not an old gatepost.
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_This really was just a quick visit to break the monotony of the day and to take a GPS reading. My walk here and back was punctuated by short sqawling showers, which thankfully didn't occur while I was actually at the stone.
I took a little time today to look at all the rocky outcrops in the field just in case one of them showed signed of rock art or similar, but unsurprisingly they don't.
What did grab my attention was the view of Three Rocks Mountain (County Dublin) to the south - the mountain dominating the vista ... well, if it weren't for the houses that are just 50m from the stone it would do so.
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_Just a very quick stop to see how much snow was here. Not a lot really, but some is better than none.
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_Take the Brewery Road exit from the N11 and turn down the side street next to the Leopardstown Inn. Turn left and left again, carrying on to the end of the cul-de-sac. There is a stile in the wall, which will take you on to the playing field. The standing stone is to the right.
A Random Selection of Nearby Monuments
 Carrownacaw (Co. Down) |  Castletown (Co. Wexford) |  Labanstown (Co. Louth) |
 Letterdeen (Co. Galway) |  Wateresk (Co. Down) |  Loughgur (Co. Limerick) |
