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Stone row

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Three stones stand in a row on the north-facing slope above the Duvglasha River, their long axes set sideways like ribs rather than arrows. The tallest rises 2.3m at the east end, the smallest 1m at the west, spanning 8.3m of pasture. A cairn waits 35m to the south-southeast, as if the row belonged to a larger arrangement now lost. Whoever set them may have marked a boundary, a path, or a moment when the valley felt worthy of remembering.
In pasture on N-facing slope of Duvglasha River valley; cairn (11806) c. 35m to SSE. Row of three stones, aligned E-W, with long axes transversely set to main line; overall length of row is 8.3m. East and tallest stone is 1.5m L, 0.65m T and 2.3m H. Middle stone, 3.5m to W, is 0.7m L, 0.65m T and 1.3m H. West stone, 3m from last, is 0.65m L, 0.4m T and 1m H. (Ó Nualláin 1988, 231, no. 4) The above description is derived from the published 'Archaeological Inventory of County Cork. Volume 4: North Cork' (Dublin: Stationery Office, 2000). In certain instances the entries have been revised and updated in the light of recent research. Date of upload/revision: 14 January 2009
Likely dating to the Neolithic or Bronze Age, the row of stones may have had ceremonial or ritual significance, possibly aligned with solar or seasonal events. Local folklore sometimes associates such stone arrangements with ancient funerary practices or territorial markers.

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