What is recorded here

Five stones, some as tall as a man, stood in Cabragh until people took them away. Conlon measured them in 1918 and drew their angles, but the inventory now admits they are gone. The land kept their shadows long enough to be seen, then gave up the chase.

This standing stone is included in the 'Archaeological Inventory of County Cork - vol. 3 Mid-Cork' (1997) under the entry (no. 6573) for a five individual standing stones (CO059-016001-) at Cabragh. Conlon (1918, 137) refers to this as stone B. The following is the inventory entry for all three stones: '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 stones (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

Likely dating to the Neolithic or Bronze Age, the standing stone at Cabragh may have functioned as a boundary marker, ritual monument, or astronomical alignment feature. No specific folklore or detailed use is recorded for this particular stone.

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