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In flat pasture, on SE slopes of Uctough Hill. Monument demolished between 1935 and 1972. Comprised row of five stones, three of which were prostrate in 1916; aligned E-W. Row was c. 14m in overall length. E stone was 1.7m L, 0.5m T and 1.7m H. Next stone lay 1.1m to W; it measured 1.25m by 0.9m by 0.2m T. Third stone, 1.15m to W, was 1.6m L, 0.6m T and 4.1m H. Fourth stone lay 1.15m to W; it measured 2.6m by 0.9m by 0.4m. Fifth stone lay 1.5m to W; it measured 4.55m by 1.5m and 0.3m T. (O Nualláin 1988, 232, no. 13)
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
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