What is recorded here

Four stones stand in a line above Castlenalacht lake, the tallest reaching 3.4m while the others lean slightly out of alignment. They mark a boundary or guide the eye across the valley, perhaps placed by hands that understood the land better than we do. The row still holds its shape in open pasture, waiting for someone to walk beside it and ask what it was meant to show.

In level pasture on E side of broad valley, to N of Castlenalacht lake. Row of four stones, aligned NE-SW, and 13.4m in overall length. Long axes of three stones do not conform to main axis of row. NE stone, the tallest, is1.7m L, 0.8m T and 3.4m H. Next stone, 2.55m to SW, is 1.25m L, 0.9m T and 2.5m H. Third stone, 2.6m further to SW, is 1.25m L, 0.4m T and 1.9m H. SW stone, 2.6m from the last, is 1.45m L, 0.4m T and 1.9m H. (Ó Nualláin 1988, 235, no. 36). 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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