What is recorded here

Kerb circle in Island (fermoy By.) is a missing stone circle near Burnfort and the Leapford stream, reduced now to memory and five stones described by Condon in 1916. What is known is a raised area about twelve yards across, an uneven surface, nine low interior mounds, and a southern arc of stones measured inch by inch. What is lost is the circle itself, perhaps broken, buried, taken for wall material, or never fully formed. The place still works because its absence is exact enough to be seen: a gap where stones should stand, near water, near a church, outside the town but inside the county’s imagined skin.

Condon (1916, 65-66, no. 21) noted stone 'circle (?) [sic] less than one mile from the church at Burnfort, and ... quite close to the Leapford stream'. Exact location unknown. He (ibid.) described a raised area c. 12 yards in diameter, with an uneven surface, partially enclosed by an arc of five stones along S perimeter; two highest stones (A and B) stood 46in apart: A measured '36 inches high, 22 inches by 18 inches' and was 15 inches from E: B was '30 inches high, 27 inches by 12 inches' and was 12 inches from C: C was '18 inches high, 40 inches by 2 inches' and was 15 inches from D: D was level with ground surface and 24 inches long: E was ' 27 inches high, 25 inches by 10 inches'. Condon's plan (ibid. fig. 4) shows position of stones and 9 'low mounds' in interior. 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

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