What is recorded here
Rahan is a place where a standing stone was removed around 1980. It stands in memory, not in the field. The loss is clear. The story is not complete. What is known must be spoken without inventing the missing part.
Not marked on 1842 and 1905 OS 6-inch maps. In pasture, on S-facing slope. Stone (L 1.73m; 0.8m x 0.35m) was removed c. 1980. Now lying beside field fence to E (CO033-144----).
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 revision: 15 December 2009
The monument record does not grant public access. Check the route and ask the landowner before entering private land.
- What survives
- Recorded monument
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