What is recorded here

Six radial stones mark a seven-metre ring on the boggy southern plateau of Barraboy mountain, while a taller stone stands inside at the north. The structure may have been a cairn rather than an enclosure, yet its precise purpose remains unclear. It still points toward human ceremony, memory or boundary on the mountain's edge.

Near end of boggy plateau on S side of Barraboy mountain. Six radially-set stones (H 0.2m - 0.6m) indicate ring c. 7m in diameter. Stone (H 0.9m; 1.2m x 0.4m) stands within ring at N. Precise nature of this structure is unclear but more likely to be cairn than enclosure. Standing stone (CO090-00801-) 3m to N. (Ó Nualláin 1984b, 77, no. 16) The above description is derived from the published 'Archaeological Inventory of County Cork. Volume 1: West Cork' (Dublin: Stationery Office, 1992). In certain instances the entries have been revised and updated in the light of recent research. Date of upload/revision: 14 January 2009

Radial-stone cairn, likely dating to the Neolithic or early Bronze Age. Its arrangement suggests ritual or funerary significance, though the lack of burial evidence makes its precise function uncertain.

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