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Standing stone — pair in Island (fermoy By.)

Standing stone — pair
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In pasture, on gentle slope on N side of Leapford Stream; wedge tomb and possible megalithic tomb (9820, 9824) c. 350m to SW. Both stones are prostrate. East stone knocked c. 1976 and probable socket still visible at NW end; stone measures 3.1m by 0.85m by 0.4m. Second stone lies 1.35m to W; it measures 3.8m by 1.2m by 0.5m. Two boulders and some field stones lie on the site. (Grove White 1905-25, vol. 1, 327-8, photograph; Ó Nualláin 1988, 242, no. 79) 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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