What is recorded here

Whitechurch in County Cork once held an 83-inch stone, thin as a knife and broad enough to mark a boundary, a prayer or a warning. Condon measured it in 1916 before it vanished from the surface, leaving behind a gap large enough for invention. The county inventory still carries its dimensions, proving the stone existed even though the earth has swallowed the place where it stood.

Condon (1916, 62) records a standing stone; 'its height is 83 inches, breadth varies from 10 inches to 19; thickness 8 inches; girth 361/2 inches'. No visible surface trace. The above description is derived from the published 'Archaeological Inventory of County Cork. Volume 2: East and South Cork' (Dublin: Stationery Office, 1994). 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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