What is recorded here

No visible surface trace remains in Ballynabortagh, County Cork, though a tall stone once stood beside a circular enclosure. It rose five feet four inches, broad enough to mark a boundary or witness a ritual, yet time erased even its shadow. The land keeps the shape of what it lost, waiting for someone to remember the weight of that absent stone.

According to Condon (1916, 59) stone (H 5ft 4in; Wth 2ft 2in; T 9in) in field adjoining circular enclosure (CO052-03401-) to N. 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

Probably dating to the Late Neolithic or Bronze Age, this standing stone may have been part of a ritual or funerary landscape associated with the nearby circular enclosure. Its purpose may have been ceremonial, astronomical, or territorial, though specific folklore or use is not recorded.

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