What is recorded here

Two quartzite stones stand 1.05m apart on the moorland plateau at the SW end of the Boggeragh Mountains, aligned NE-SW above the Foherish River valley. They belong to a wider stone landscape: a five-stone circle sits 22.5m to the NE, a radial-stone cairn 70m to the SE, and another pair with cairns 120m to the NE. The stones may have marked a boundary, a path, a ritual line or a place where people watched the sky and river together.

On moorland plateau, at SW end of Boggeragh Mountains overlooking Foherish River valley to W. Two quartzite stones, aligned NE-SW, stand 1.05m apart; overall length is 3.5m. NE stone is 1.1m L,. 0.45m T and 1.05m H. SW stone is 1.35m L, 1.1m T and 1.25m H. Five-stone circle (6471) stands 22.5m to NE, radial-stone cairn (6491) 70m to SE, and pair of standing stones and cairns (6561; CO059-02307-; CO059-02304-; CO059-02305-) 120m to NE. (O Nualláin 1988, 243, no. 89) 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 Knockraheen stone alignment may have functioned as a ritual or ceremonial site, possibly aligned with solar or lunar events. Such alignments are often associated with early farming communities and may reflect cosmological beliefs or territorial markers.

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