Cupmarked stone in Lissacaha

In pasture, on a rocky E-W ridge with a thin cover of soil. A stone slab (2.25m N-S; 1.7m E-W; T 0.38m) rests on a smaller stone underneath, raising its E end (H 0.8m) and causing its NW corner to rest on the bedrock. On the N side of the upper sloping surface of the slab are two cupmarks (diam. 0.07m; D 0.035m and diam. 0.03m; D 0.02m, respectively). A separate roughly square stone (c. 0.5m x c. 0.45m) lies on the ground to NE. The above description is derived from 'The Archaeological Inventory of County Cork. Volume 5' (Dublin: Stationery Office, 2009). Date of upload: 22 December 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 local folklore or specific use remains unrecorded.