What is recorded here

Two stones stand 2.9m apart beside the Four Mile Water river in County Cork, aligned north-northeast to south-southwest like a doorway left open for wind or memory. The smaller northeast stone rises 0.85m, the larger southwest stone 0.95m, and a buried boulder waits 2.2m to the west-southwest as if the ground had swallowed the third part of the shape. People may have passed between them, dropped offerings, or simply marked the river bend when the land was younger and less certain about its own edges.

To S and c. 50m W of bend of Four Mile Water river. Stones, aligned NNE-SSW, stand 2.9m apart. NE stone is 0.8m L, 0.6m T and 0.85m H. SW stone is 0.9m L, 0.8m T and 0.95m H. Boulder burial (CO131-005002-) 2.2m to WSW. (O Nualláin 1978, 93, no. 27; 1988, 248, no. 137) See O'Brien 1990, 14-15 - 'Excavations 1989'. 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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