Standing stones are among the most unassuming of Ireland's prehistoric remains: single upright slabs, set into the earth by hand, whose original purposes remain genuinely uncertain. Depending on the example, they may have marked boundaries, served as waypoints, commemorated individuals, or held some ceremonial significance that the archaeological record has not yet been able to untangle. The one at Ardrah belongs to this broad and still-debated category, a solitary presence in the Cork landscape with more questions attached to it than answers.