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Standing stone in Island (fermoy By.)

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Condon (1916, 65, No. 20) describes approximate location of stone ' about half a mile from Burnfort Roman Catholic Church, in a field adjoining, and to the left of, the road leading from that church to Island townland...The length is 39 inches; the breadth at the end fixed in the earth is 37 inches, while at the opposite end, it is but 18 inches. The thickness is 19 inches'. He (ibid.) comments 'I am not sure that it is a gallaun'. Location of field noted in topographic files, UCC. Exact location not known. The above description is derived from the published 'Archaeological Inventory of County Cork. Volume 4: North Cork' (Dublin: Stationery Office, 2000). In certain instances the entries have been revised and updated in the light of recent research. Date of upload/revision: 14 January 2009

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