What is recorded here

Five stones still stand in Cork pasture, leaning slightly across grass that reaches their middles. They are not huge, yet they keep a clear circular shape on the lower slope of Milane hill. The completed ring suggests deliberate choice rather than scattered field debris, even if memory has thinned the reason.

In pasture, on shoulder of NW-facing lower slopes of Milane hill. Circle complete; interior filled with field stones. Stones are 0.9m to 1.15m L, 0.3m to 0.7m T and 0.7m to 1.3m H. Internal measurement along main axis,aligned NE-SW, is 2.7m. Pair of standing stones (CO120-00101-) to SW. (O Nualláin 1984, 43, no. 88) 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

Likely dating to the Neolithic or Early Bronze Age, the Clodagh stone circle may have been used for ceremonial or ritual purposes, common to such monuments in prehistoric Britain. No specific folklore is recorded for this site.

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