Moytirra East

Nearest town:
Ballyfarnon (5km E)
OS reference:
G815142
OS sheets:
25, 26
Latitude:
54° 4' 35.48 N
Longitude:
8° 16' 57.59 W
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Image of Moytirra East (Standing Stone / Menhir) by ryaner

Thanks to the cow for scale, but it stopped me from checking out whether there are any packing stones at the base of this monster.

Image credit: ryaner
ryaner
ryaner Nov 14, 2006
Image of Moytirra East (Standing Stone / Menhir) by ryaner

This is probably a glacial erratic, but would bear deeper investigation when the cows aren’t around

Image credit: ryaner
ryaner
ryaner Nov 14, 2006

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Moytirra East

ryaner
ryaner Nov 14, 2006

There are many huge megaliths like this around Moytirra east and over on the other side of Lough Arrow at Carrowkeel. They are very probably glacial erratics but this one seemed so like it had been PUT there that I’ve posted it here. Should anybody have the slightest difficulty with this I’ll delete it. I would like the chance to go back there and investigate further, hopefully when the cows aren’t around.

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Moytirra East
Standing Stone / Menhir
Rhiannon
Rhiannon Nov 20, 2009
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Moytura, or Magh Tuiread, apparently means ‘Plain of Pillars’, according to this webpage. They were apparently thrown by the Tuatha De Danann when they were waiting for the their battle to start with the Fomorians. One of the stones spotted by Ryaner has its own name – The Eglone Stone, and has at least two associated folklore stories.

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