This one in Seafield, County Cork, is defined largely by what did not. A modest stone, roughly square in section, standing about 0.9 metres high and 0.3 metres wide, was recorded in the south-western corner of an irregularly shaped field on a south-west-facing slope. Its orientation runs north-east to south-west, a alignment that, in other contexts, might invite speculation about astronomical or ritual significance. But the classification given to it is carefully hedged: not a standing stone, but a possible standing stone. That single word carries considerable weight.

The ambiguity deepened when development pressure brought archaeologists to the field. In 2003, prior to a proposed development, test excavation was carried out in the area by Moloney and Gleeson. Standing stones are among the more straightforward prehistoric monument types, typically an upright slab or pillar set deliberately into the ground, sometimes associated with burial, boundary marking, or ceremonial use, though their exact purposes are rarely certain. The following year, in 2004, topsoil stripping was carried out around the recorded location of the stone, and the ground gave up nothing useful. No identifiable archaeological features were found in the immediate vicinity. Two subcircular features were uncovered and excavated elsewhere within the development area, but whatever the stone was or was not, the earth around it kept no obvious record. It remains on the books as a possibility rather than a confirmed monument, a roughly squared piece of Cork geology that may or may not have been placed there by human hands with deliberate intent.