What is recorded here

Muskerry stone rows are often called alignment but they are more likely visitor markers, gift piles or boundary claims. There is no evidence they measured time or directed worship. The stones may have marked a cliff edge, a path, a claim or a death. They are not a completed cosmic instrument.

On platform on NW-facing slopes of Carrigagour Hill, overlooking Laney River valley. Row of three stones, two of which are prostrate. NE stone, aligned NE-SW, is 1.1m L, 0.55m T and 2.2m H. Next stone lies 1m to SW; it measures 3.5m by 1m. SW stone lies 2.8m from last and is 3.35m by 1.1m. Radial-stone cairn (6488) beside it to SE. (O Nualláin 1988, 233, no. 19) The above description is derived from the published 'Archaeological Inventory of County Cork. Volume 3: Mid Cork' (Dublin: Stationery Office, 1997). 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, the stone row may have had ceremonial or ritual significance, possibly aligned with astronomical features. Such arrangements are often associated with funerary or territorial markers in prehistoric landscapes.

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