
What is recorded here
On White Strand at inner end of Crookhaven Bay. Row of fifteen contigious upright stones (H 0.5-1.6m) aligned c. E-W, apart for two stones at western end aligned N-S. Outlyer 8m N of row (H 1.3m; 0.7m x 0.2m) aligned N-S. Only top half of stones visible at high tide. According to Mitchell (1976, 182) probable part of submerged field boundary.
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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