What is recorded here

Standing stone in Meennaraheeny stands in County Cork, Ireland, and still belongs to the living landscape rather than a display case. People may have passed it, touched it, or measured distance from it before written records existed. The stone does not need a grand claim to matter because it remains present, steady, and available for human life to notice.

This standing stone was referred to in the The 'Archaeological Inventory of County Cork - vol. 4 West Cork' (2000, 16) under the entry (no. 9866) for standing stones (CO004-046----). The source of the information for this record is Bowman (1934, 82) and relates to the stone (e) in Bowman's text. 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 upload/revision: 14 January 2009

Likely dating to the Neolithic or Bronze Age, this standing stone may have served a ritual or commemorative function, as was common with such monuments in prehistoric Ireland. No specific folklore or detailed local tradition is recorded for this site.

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