What is recorded here

An estimated two-metre stone stood beside the Glounatouig stream and a well until road works buried its original place. It now lies flat a short distance east, stripped of its vertical life but still large enough to mark the edge of a field. The building of the Ringaskiddy road did not kill the story, it only forced the story to stop pointing at the sky.

According to local information, stone stood "until recently" on S side of Glounatouig stream and adjacent to well. Site now under new Ringaskiddy road; stone (2m x 0.5m x 0.5m) lies beside field boundary c. 100m to E of original site (CO087-159----). (pers. comm. S. O'Mahony) 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 revision: 16 December 2009 Revised by: Mary Tunney

Probably dates to the Late Neolithic or Bronze Age (c. 2500–500 BCE). May have marked a territorial boundary or had ritual significance, possibly linked to the nearby well as a site of water-related belief or healing.

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