Four poster in Maughanaclea, County Cork

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What is recorded here

On bog-covered N-facing slope near W end of Maughanaclea hills. Setting of three stones suggestive of four-poster arrangement. NE stone, the largest, is split into two pieces and is 1.2m L, 0.8m T and 1.55m H. In line with this and 2.1m to SW is a stone 0.7m L, 0.6m T and 1.2m H. Third stone stands 1.75m SE of first and is 0.55m L, 0.35m T and 0.7m H. Traces of pre-bog fences in the vicinity; radial-stone enclosure (CO106-011---) 90m to NE. (O Nualláin 1984b, no.3) The above description is derived from the published 'Archaeological Inventory of County Cork.

From the National Monuments Service (Archaeological Survey of Ireland) record CO106-010

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