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Anomalous stone group in Garrane (duhallow By., Kilshannig Par.)

Anomalous stone group

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Seven grass-choked stones lean against a field fence on Bweeng Little Mountain, possibly the surviving edge of a cromlech or circle. They sit ninety metres from a stone row, half-swallowed by pasture and time. Whatever ceremony they once held has dissolved into sheep grass and rain, leaving only their strange angle and the suggestion that a larger shape once stood complete.
In pasture, on a steep N-facing slope of Bweeng Little Mountain, overlooking and c. 90m SSE of a stone row (CO041-084----). According to Grove White (1908-15, vol. 3, 333), 'In gap at S.E. corner of field and in fence are large shaped stones, possibly part of cromlech or stone circle'. A group of seven partially grass-covered stones (L c. 1m; c. 0.5m x 0.5m) were located adjacent to a field boundary. Some of the stones lie flat and others are almost upright but leaning against the field boundary. The above description is derived from 'The Archaeological Inventory of County Cork. Volume 5' (Dublin: Stationery Office, 2009). Date of upload: 22 December 2009

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