What is recorded here

Two upright stones stood half a metre apart in County Cork, one reaching nearly a metre and the other close to a metre and a half. They tilted on different axes, perhaps marking a boundary, a meeting place or a forgotten ritual. By 2004 thick vegetation had closed over them, hiding the very gap that made them a pair. What they recorded has not been lost so much as folded back into the land, waiting for someone willing to push through the green and look up.

According to local information, two upright stones stood in this location. In the mid-1990s they were described as being 0.4m apart. The S stone (1.3m x 0.2m; H 0.95m) was described as being aligned NW-SE while the N stone (1.1m x 0.25m; H 1.4m) was aligned NNW-SSE. The density of the vegetation prohibited access for inspection in 2004. The above description is derived from 'The Archaeological Inventory of County Cork. Volume 5' (Dublin: Stationery Office, 2009). Date of upload: 22 December 2009

Likely dating to the Late Neolithic or Early Bronze Age, the paired standing stones at Prohoness may have functioned as a ritual or ceremonial alignment, possibly linked to solar or seasonal markers. Such pairs are sometimes associated with funerary or territorial practices, though local folklore or specific use is not recorded.

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