First recorded on Ordnance Survey maps between 1847 and 1849, this mysterious site in Doocashel Glebe consists of two standing stones set parallel to each other, roughly aligned north to south. The western stone stands 0.8 metres high whilst its eastern companion reaches just 0.4 metres, with both spaced about half a metre apart. Various prostrate slabs lie scattered throughout the surrounding vegetation, hinting at a structure that was once far more substantial.

The site’s original appearance remains tantalisingly elusive, though early accounts offer intriguing glimpses of what once stood here. Thomas Fagan, visiting in 1845, described it as a cillín, or children’s burial ground, complete with a stone wall enclosure and a gallery constructed from massive stone slabs. He reported the gallery measured approximately 3.65 metres long and 1.2 metres wide, with a substantial roof stone at its centre. However, the Ordnance Survey revisers who documented the site shortly after Fagan’s visit disputed his interpretation, instead describing what they saw as a ‘druidical monument’ with upright stones at the north end and smaller stones set edgeways along the sides, though by then the interior had already been filled with field clearance debris.

Today, the site’s true nature remains uncertain; the scant physical evidence makes definitive classification difficult. What survives suggests it could indeed have been a megalithic tomb, as both early descriptions hint at architectural features consistent with such monuments. Located alongside a gravelled forest road, the stones now stand as enigmatic sentinels, their original purpose obscured by time, vegetation, and the agricultural improvements that transformed so many of Ireland’s ancient sites during the 19th century.