What is recorded here

Standing stone in Cahermountain is a small irregular stone, ninety-five centimetres tall, set on bog beside Bantry Bay. Its north face holds quartz, a bright edge in the dark wet land. A person may have stood there at dawn, watching Bere Island emerge from mist, marking the boundary between the known shore and the endless water.

On bog on a terrace on a NW-facing slope overlooking Bantry Bay and Bere Island. This standing stone (0.55m x 0.4m; H 0.95m) is irregular in plan and is orientated NW-SE. The stone features quartz on its N face. The above description is derived from 'The Archaeological Inventory of County Cork. Volume 5' (Dublin: Stationery Office, 2009). Date of upload: 22 December 2009

Likely dating to the Neolithic or Bronze Age, this standing stone may have had ritual or territorial significance, possibly linked to landscape orientation or astronomical alignments. The presence of quartz, often associated with light and spiritual properties in prehistoric contexts, may have held symbolic meaning.

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