Standing stone

The National Monuments Service's 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). 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

The above description is derived from both the published 'Archaeological Inventory of County Louth' (Dublin: Stationery Office, 1986) and the 'Archaeological Survey of County Louth' (Dublin: Stationery Office, 1991). In certain instances the entries have been revised and updated in the light of recent research.

Date of upload: 17 July 2007

References

Gogan, L. S. 1953 The Name of Louth. County Louth Archaeological and Historical Journal, XIII, 1, 5-7.

Gosling, P. 2018 Cloghafarmore alias Cúchulainn’s Stone, Co. Louth: its topographical setting. County Louth Archaeological and Historical Journal, XIX, 2, 174-81.