I love it when I finally get to a monumant that I've wanted to visit for a seemingly very long time!
What an amazingly featured stone this is - and in a wonderful setting too. It is 3m tall and 1.4m thick at its widest point. The north face is curved with a shoulder three quarters of the way up. The north face is much flatter, but like Mayo 1 (County Down) I would say that this is more likely to be natural.
It is located in a dip, on a ridge, between to higher rounded rocky peaks , a formation that is very saddle like (does that make sense?) The views to the south are fantastic, looking down on water and across to a dark wall of mountains beyond.
It is quite an up hill walk to reach it, but this trek is along a wonderful sunken track that climbs straight up the hill. A word of warning though - this track looks as if it turns into a stream during or just after heavy rain ... take wellies or wait for a dry day when you go.
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A Random Selection of Nearby Monuments
 Knockmullin 1 (Co. Leitrim) |  Castletown (Co. Wexford) |  Aghnaveloge (Co. Cork) |
 Ballintruer Long Stone (Co. Wicklow) |  Leighlinbridge (Co. Carlow) |  Kilnasaggart (Co. Armagh) |
