What is recorded here

One of five vanished Cork stones stood barely fifteen inches tall, yet it joined four larger neighbours in a line stretching south from a hidden circle. People moved them somewhere, erasing the smallest marker first because size never measured worth. The earth keeps the shape of what human hands removed.

This is one of five individual standing stones that are described in the 'Archaeological Inventory of County Cork - vol. 3 Mid-Cork' (1997) under the entry (no. 6573). The following is the inventory entry for all five stones (A, B, C, D, E), this stone is referred to as 'E': 'Three standing stones depicted on 1842 OS 6-inch map c. 100m SW of stone row(6505) and stone circle (CO059-01502-). Each stone individually named 'Gallaun' and c. 40-45m apart. They stand in N-S line with southern-most stone lying slightly to SW; this stone is not shown on later eds of OS 6-inch maps. Conlon (1918, 136) describes five stones here, three (A (CO059-016003-), B (CO059-016002-), and C (CO059-016001-)) forming 'the apices of an equilateral triangle' c. 58 yds apart (A: H 7ft 1in; 1ft 1in x 8in: B: H 6ft; 2ft 3in x 1ft 9in: C: H 5ft; 2ft 8in x 2in). Another two stone (D (CO059-159----) and E (CO059-190----)) c. 150 yds to S stood 2ft 3in apart. (D: H 4ft 8in; 2ft 4in x 8in; E: H 1ft 5in; 1ft 3in x 3in). All stones removed.' The above description is derived from the published 'Archaeological Inventory of County Cork. Volume 3: Mid Cork' (Dublin: Stationery Office, 1997). 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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