What is recorded here
Darriheendermot is a missing standing stone on the southern foothills of Hungry Hill in County Cork. O'Brien searched the shelved rock outcrop repeatedly but never found the pillar, suggesting the earth may have swallowed the marker or memory itself. The absence transforms the site into a living riddle rather than a dead fact.
On the S foothills of Hungry Hill in area of shelved rock outcrop. No visible surface trace. O'Brien (1970, 14) refers to "the Darriheendermot pillar stone" here and remarks that frequent searches by himself have failed to reveal any monument.
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
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- What survives
- Recorded monument
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