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Anomalous stone group in Ardagh (bear By.)

Anomalous stone group
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In pasture on a N-facing slope, to the S of a road and overlooking Berehaven Harbour. Two pairs of parallel upright stones, one pair at NE and the second pair c. 15m to the SW, were recorded here in 1992. The northernmost pair of stones (stone at N: H 1.5m; 0.7m x 0.2m; stone at S: H 1.3m; 0.6m x 0.15m) was orientated E-W and the stones stood 1.5m apart. The southernmost pair (H 1m; 0.8m x 0.15m and H 1m; 0.75m x 0.1m) was also orientated E-W and the stones stood 0.6m apart. The present whereabouts of three of the stones is unknown as they were removed by Cork County Council during road widening works. The fourth stone (CO115-130005-), which was originally the N stone of the northernmost pair of stones, is now incorporated in the roadside field boundary c. 20m N of its original location. There is a children's burial ground (CO115-130003-) c. 20m to the NE, in the NE corner of this field. The above description is derived from 'The Archaeological Inventory of County Cork. Volume 5' (Dublin: Stationery Office, 2009). Date of upload: 22 December 2009

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