What is recorded here

One stone still stands in Ballyre pasture, nearly three metres tall, while its fallen neighbour lies beside it like a discarded tool. Packing stones remain exposed at the base, proving the upright was set rather than left behind. The second stone may have stood once according to local information, suggesting a pair rather than a lonely marker. Whatever they marked has exited human memory, but the grass still presses around them and the slope faces south-west as if waiting for someone to return with the lost name.

In pasture, on SW-facing slope. Upright stone (H 2.82m; 1.4m x 0.52m) with long axis ENE-WSW; packing stones exposed at base. Second stone (L 1.9m; 0.6m x 0.4m) lies immediately to E; according to local information once standing. 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 had ritual or territorial significance. Local tradition or folklore is not specified, but such stones were often associated with ceremonial practices or markers of sacred space.

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