Cupmarked stone in Prohoness, County Cork

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What is recorded here

In a heavily overgrown and marshy area, to the S of a track. According to local information, there are at least 17 cupmarks on the surface of outcropping rock. Owing to the overgrowth, the area proved too difficult and dangerous to access. Volume 5' (Dublin: Stationery Office, 2009).

From the National Monuments Service (Archaeological Survey of Ireland) record CO141-147

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