What is recorded here

Knocknashannagh holds a flat slab marked with three small cups on the south side of a levelled ringfort. Broker measured a six-foot stone nearby in 1937, suggesting the marker has watched that boundary since before the fort vanished beneath grass and forgetting. Three tiny dimples may have guided water, prayer or simply human curiosity, while four fainter marks withdraw into natural ambiguity. The stone does not demand belief; it waits for touch, memory and the admission that small things can anchor whole landscapes.

In S side of levelled ringfort (12693 )Flat slab embedded in ground with 3 cup-marks (diam. c. 0.05m) on surface. Four additional shallow depressions may be natural. May be same as stone (H 6 feet; Girth 3 feet) recorded by Broker (1937, 32) in recumbent position, 6 feet out from fort. The above description is derived from the published 'Archaeological Inventory of County Cork. Volume 4: North Cork' (Dublin: Stationery Office, 2000). In certain instances the entries have been revised and updated in the light of recent research. Date of upload/revision: 14 January 2009

Likely dating to the Neolithic or Bronze Age, the cupmarked stone may have had ritual or ceremonial significance, possibly linked to water or fertility symbolism. Such stones are often associated with wider ritual landscapes, though specific folklore or use in this context is not recorded.

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