Mullagharoy Standing Stone

Location: Mullagharoy, Co. Meath
Ordnance Survey map 35
National Grid Reference N 946 803

The standing stone is on private land within a working farm. Permission should be sought from the landowner before visiting.

The stone is just 1.3 metres high and stands in the middle of a field with no other stones in sight. It is not visible from the roadside because another field lies between the road and the field where the stone stands.

The Mullagharoy Standing Stone is listed in the Archaeological Inventory of County Meath under the category 'Prehistoric Decorated Stones' as follows:

"Decorated Stone - The SW face of this standing stone, aligned NNW-SSE, is ornamented with picked concentric circles and other designs somewhat anthropomorphic in appearance and akin to passage-tomb art."

The pair of concentric circles near the top of the stone do resemble human eyes (anthropomorphic means resembling the human form). We can only speculate whether this is accidental or by design.

Another decorated stone in the chamber at Fourknocks may also be a representation of the human face.