Dolmen in Bellmount Upper, stone circle in County Cork

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What is recorded here

In pasture, near summit of low hill. Site overlooks five-stone circle (CO083-117----) c. 250m to WSW. Two entrance stones and S side stone erect; N sidestone prostrate and axial stone shattered. Orthostats are 0.9m to 1.5m L,0.4m to 0.6m T and 0.8m to 1.2m H. Estimated internal measurement alongmain axis, aligned E-W, is c. 3m. (O Nualláin 1984a, 38, no. 73) The above description is derived from the published 'Archaeological Inventory of County Cork.

From the National Monuments Service (Archaeological Survey of Ireland) record CO083-118

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