| Lankill Standing Stone | |
| Native Name: | Gallán Lainn Chille |
| Native Language: | ga |
| Elevation: | 47m (154feet) |
| Coordinates: | 53.7532°N -9.5017°W |
| Location: | Lankill, Aughagower, County Mayo, Ireland |
| Built: | 2000 BC or later |
| Type: | Standing stone |
| Height: | 2.5m (08.2feet) |
| Designation1: | National Monument of Ireland |
| Designation1 Offname: | Lankill Standing Stone |
| Designation1 Number: | 296 |
Lankill Standing Stone is a standing stone and National Monument located in County Mayo, Ireland.[1]
Lankill Standing Stone stands in a field 2.7km (01.7miles) west-southwest of Aughagower, south of Knappaghbeg Lough. Toberbrendan, an early monastic site, is immediately to the southwest.[2]
The stone possibly dates to the Bronze Age period but was Christianised centuries later with a cross carved on it.[3]
The purpose of standing stones is unclear; they may have served as boundary markers, ritual or ceremonial sites, burial sites or astrological alignments.[4]
The stone is a spike of shale 2.5m (08.2feet) tall. On the west face is a cross with a V-shaped ornament beneath it, and on the east face is a Latin cross in a double circle and four concentric circles; this probably indicates a "pagan" monument that was later appropriated by Christians.[5] [6]