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Stone Circle — Currabeha (muskerry West By.)

Stone circle — multiple-stone
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In rolling pasture land, on SE-facing slope of Bride River valley. Circle incomplete; may have consisted of thirteen stones. Ten erect stones and three prostrate slabs survive, including axial stone and entrance stones. Orthostats are 0.7m to 2m L, 0.4m to 0.8m T and 0.5m to 1.4m H. Internal measurement along main axis, aligned NNE-SSW, is 8.8m. Quartz block (H 0.6m; 0.7m x 0.4m) stands within circle just E of main axis. Multiple-stone circle (CO083-109002-) stands 320m to NNW. (Ó Nualláin 1984, 16, no. 15) 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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