What is recorded here

Three metres of grey stone still stands inside Cromwell's Fort on the Iveragh Peninsula, outliving every human boundary drawn around it. A leaning slab braces its base after Chatterton found it shaking in 1839, turning an ancient marker into a problem people could touch. The fort may have claimed the stone or merely forgotten it, but the stone remains the oldest witness in the room.

In level pasture, with views S to Mangerton Mountain. The stone (dims. 1m x 0.3m; H 1.2m), orientated N-S, is rectangular in plan and incorporated into a stone field boundary. A possible standing stone (KE067-041002-) is c. 6m to the WSW and another (KE067-041003-) is c. 4m to the ESE. Compiled by: Elizabeth Byrne, Ursula Egan and Sheila Ronan, Archaeological Survey Unit, University College, Cork. Date of upload: 31 January 2011

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